Royce & Royce (No. 2)

In the matter of *Royce & Royce (No. 2)*, Cronin J considered an application by the wife in proceedings concerning property settlement. The dispute involved the wife seeking certain documents and orders, while the husband had filed a response seeking to dismiss the wife's application and for costs.

The court was required to determine the appropriate orders regarding the consolidation of the wife's application with the final trial, the production of documents by the wife to the husband, and the extent to which the husband's response should be granted or dismissed. The court also had to consider the issue of costs.

Cronin J ordered that the wife's application be consolidated with and adjourned to the final trial. Directions were given for the wife to provide a list of documents required for inspection by the husband, with those documents to be made available subject to privilege. The court also made orders in terms of specific paragraphs of the husband's response, excluding any reference to a particular property. The remainder of the husband's response was dismissed. The wife was ordered to pay the husband's costs, fixed at $2000, with payment stayed until the determination of the property proceedings.