OSMOND & BRAND (No.2)

In the matter of *Osmond & Brand (No.2)*, Judge Willis of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia considered a dispute between a mother and father concerning costs orders following a final hearing. The specific nature of the underlying dispute between the parties is not detailed in the provided text, but the judgment focuses exclusively on the allocation and payment of legal costs.

The primary legal issue before the Court was the determination of the basis upon which the mother should pay the father's costs of the final hearing, and the quantum and timeframe for payment of those costs, as well as costs from a prior interim hearing. The Court was also required to address the method of communication regarding the assessed costs and the finalisation of outstanding applications.

Judge Willis ordered that the mother pay the father's costs of and incidental to the final hearing on an indemnity basis, with these costs to be referred for taxation. The father was directed to forward correspondence detailing the taxed costs to the mother's last known address and her workplace. The mother was granted twelve months from the date of this correspondence to pay these costs. Additionally, the mother was ordered to pay the father's costs of an interim hearing, which had been reserved on 13 March 2014, fixed at $2,658.00 on the Federal Circuit Court scale, payable within 30 days. All outstanding applications were removed from the pending cases list.