Police and Tannard

In *Police and Tannard*, heard by Young J, the wife sought interim and final orders in family law proceedings. The dispute concerned the production of documents subpoenaed from the National Australia Bank and Hounslow & Associates, lawyers for the wife in separate personal injury proceedings.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the documents subpoenaed from the National Australia Bank and Hounslow & Associates should be released to the parties for inspection and copying, and the appropriate orders regarding costs.

Young J determined that the documents produced by the National Australia Bank and Hounslow & Associates should be retained by the Subpoenas Clerk of the Family Court for safe keeping, but made available for inspection and copying by the solicitors for both the husband and wife. The court also ordered that the wife's application for interim orders be dismissed, and her application for final orders be adjourned. Costs were awarded against the wife in the sum of $7,000, payable upon the resolution of the proceedings.