Short & Trevilian (No. 2)

In the matter of *Short & Trevilian (No. 2)*, Dawe J considered applications concerning the welfare and contact arrangements for children S, V, and E, involving their mother and father. The dispute centred on the father's contact with the children, particularly child S, and the arrangements for school holidays and supervised time.

The court was required to determine several key issues, including the father's response to an application for final orders, the placement of child S during school holidays, arrangements for supervised time between the father and children V and E, and restrictions on the father's contact with child S. The court also considered whether to impose any restrictions on the father's telephone communication with S and the continuation of existing interim orders.

Dawe J reasoned that the father should file a response to the final orders application within fourteen days. Regarding child S's school holiday placement, the court directed the parents to confer with the Independent Children’s Lawyer, with S to reside with Mrs W if no agreement was reached by 8 April 2008, subject to specific conditions regarding discussions about the proceedings. For children V and E, the court directed the parties to confer with the Independent Children’s Lawyer about supervised time, with the father having liberty to apply if agreement could not be reached. The court granted an injunction restraining the father from spending unsupervised time with S, except at S College or during school holidays under agreed supervision, and prohibited overnight stays with S. However, the court made no order restricting telephone communication between the father and S, recognising the child's emotional wellbeing. The final orders application was referred for a priority hearing, and certain interim orders were continued. No specific orders were made regarding the father spending time with children V and E.