Strahan and Strahan (No. 5)

The case of Strahan and Strahan (No. 5) involved proceedings between a husband and wife concerning their child, S. The proceedings were before Strickland J.

The court was required to determine various procedural and interlocutory matters arising from applications filed by both the husband and the wife, as well as an application by the Independent Children's Lawyer. These included the specific orders sought by the husband regarding the child S, the husband's response to the wife's application, the filing and service of financial statements by both parties, and the listing of several applications for hearing. The court also needed to address the documents to be provided to Dr C for an interim report.

Strickland J made a series of orders to manage the progression of the case. These orders mandated the husband to detail his proposed orders concerning the child S within seven days and to file and serve responding documents to the wife's application by 4:00 pm on 18 August 2008. The court also directed the return of certain financial statements to the wife's solicitors and required the wife's solicitors to file and serve a financial statement within forty-eight hours. Several applications were adjourned to specific dates for hearing, with estimated durations, including the husband's and wife's initial applications, the wife's subsequent application, and the Independent Children's Lawyer's application. Finally, the court ordered that by 4:00 pm on 7 August 2008, each party and the Independent Children's Lawyer were to file and serve a list of documents to be provided to Dr C for an interim report.