Pryor and Judd

In *Pryor and Judd*, heard before Cleary J, the dispute concerned an application by the applicant mother for costs following a final hearing. The respondent father was ordered to pay a portion of the applicant mother's costs.

The central legal issue before the court was the appropriate order for costs following the final hearing of the application.

Cleary J ordered that the respondent father pay to the applicant mother 50 per cent of her costs of the final hearing, to be agreed upon or assessed within three months of the date of the orders.