Pelton and Banbury and Anor (No 2)

In *Pelton and Banbury and Anor (No 2)*, the Family Court of Australia considered an application for costs made by the wife and the second respondent following an earlier application in a case filed on 3 December 2019. The husband was the opposing party in relation to these costs applications.

The primary legal issue before the court was the appropriate disposition of the costs associated with the interlocutory application. Specifically, the court was required to determine whether to grant the costs sought by the wife and the second respondent, and if so, on what basis and in what amount, or whether to dismiss the applications for costs.

Macmillan J ordered that the husband pay the wife's costs of and incidental to the application in a case filed on 3 December 2019, fixing this sum at $14,088. Similarly, the husband was ordered to pay the second respondent's costs of and incidental to the same application, fixed at $14,274. All other applications for costs were dismissed.