PETERS & ASHWOOD

In the matter of PETERS & ASHWOOD, Johns J of the Supreme Court of Tasmania was required to determine applications for final orders concerning a dispute between the parties.

The central legal issue before the Court was the appropriate procedural step to take to advance the extant applications for final orders towards a final hearing.

Johns J reasoned that the most efficient and practical course of action was to allocate all pending applications for final orders to a judicial docket. This would facilitate the listing of the matter for a final hearing at the earliest practicable opportunity, thereby ensuring the timely resolution of the dispute.

The Court ordered that all extant applications for final orders be allocated to a judicial docket for the purposes of listing the matter for final hearing as soon as is reasonably practicable.