Scott and Scott (No. 2)

In *Scott and Scott (No. 2)*, Austin J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the wife to set aside a financial agreement. The dispute centred on the validity and enforceability of a financial agreement entered into by the parties on 20 December 2010 and 4 February 2011, respectively.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether the financial agreement was binding on the parties pursuant to section 90G of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth), and if it was binding, whether it should be set aside under sections 90K and 90KA of the Act. The wife was required to provide proper and sufficient particulars of the grounds upon which she alleged the agreement was not binding or should be set aside.

Austin J directed the wife to file an amended Statement of Pleadings detailing her claims regarding the financial agreement's validity and the grounds for setting it aside. The court also set a new trial date and outlined a timetable for the parties to file and serve further pleadings and affidavits. The wife was ordered to pay the husband's costs thrown away by a previous adjournment of the trial.