PARADIN & PARADIN (No.2)

In the matter of *Paradin & Paradin (No.2)*, Judge Stewart of the Family Court of Australia considered an application concerning costs. The dispute involved the husband and wife, with the court ultimately making orders regarding the payment of costs by the husband to the wife.

The central legal issue before the court was the determination and ordering of costs payable by one party to the other in family law proceedings. This involved assessing the appropriate quantum of costs and the conditions under which such payment would be made, including considerations of security for those costs.

Judge Stewart ordered that the husband pay the wife's costs of the proceedings, fixed at $62,000. A stay of 90 days was granted for this payment, conditional upon the husband providing security for the costs in terms similar to previous orders made on 17 July 2019. Liberty was reserved for either party to apply concerning the security for the costs payment.