Parkers and Pyle

In *Parkers and Pyle*, heard before Mullane J, the proceedings concerned an application by the father, filed on 27 November 2006, and a response filed by the mother on 19 January 2007. The precise nature of the dispute between the parties is not detailed, but the court's orders indicate that the father's application was brought before the court for determination.

The central legal issue before Mullane J was whether the father's application should be dismissed for want of prosecution. This required the court to consider the appropriate procedural response to an application that had not been actively pursued by the applicant.

Mullane J ordered that the father's application be dismissed for want of prosecution. Consequently, the mother's response, filed in reply to the father's application, was also withdrawn and dismissed.