Royce & Donovan

In *Royce & Donovan*, Kent J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application filed by the Wife. The precise nature of the dispute is not detailed, but the outcome indicates it concerned matters within the Family Court's jurisdiction.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the Wife's application, filed on 29 February 2012, should be dismissed. The court was required to determine the merits of this application and make a consequential order.

Kent J dismissed the Wife's application. The court further ordered that each party's costs of and incidental to this specific application be reserved to the trial, meaning the final determination of costs for this interlocutory step would be made at a later stage of the proceedings.