Snell and Snell

In the matter of *Snell and Snell*, Kent J of the Family Court of Australia considered applications made by the Father concerning the Independent Children’s Lawyer and the recusal of the presiding judge. The proceedings involved a dispute between the Father and the Mother, the specifics of which are not detailed in the provided text.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether the Independent Children’s Lawyer should be discharged from the proceedings and whether Justice Kent ought to recuse himself from hearing the trial on grounds of alleged bias.

Justice Kent dismissed the Father's oral applications. The court also made orders, with the Father providing an undertaking to comply, prohibiting the electronic recording of trial proceedings and the publication or uploading of documents produced in the proceedings to the internet. This was to promote compliance with Rule 1.19 of the *Family Law Rules 2004*, section 121 of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth), and section 39 of the *Court Security Act 2013* (Cth). Leave was granted to the Independent Children’s Lawyer to provide copies of subpoenaed documentation to both parents.