SAINES & SAINES

In *Saines & Saines*, the wife initiated proceedings by filing an application on 5 July 2019, and subsequently filed a further application on 8 May 2020 seeking to join B Pty Ltd to the proceedings. The dispute concerned matters likely to require a trial of four to seven days. The proceedings were before Judge Young.

The central legal issue before the Court was the appropriate forum for the determination of the wife's applications, particularly in light of the application to join a third party, B Pty Ltd. The Court was required to consider whether the existing jurisdiction was the most suitable for resolving the entirety of the dispute, including the joinder of B Pty Ltd.

Judge Young ordered that the wife's initiating application and her subsequent application to join B Pty Ltd be transferred to the Family Court of Australia, Darwin Registry. This transfer was to facilitate the listing of the matter on a date and time to be subsequently advised to the parties, indicating a determination that the Family Court was the more appropriate venue for the consolidated proceedings.