Strahan and Strahan & Ors

In the matter of *Strahan and Strahan & Ors*, Mead J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application for intervention by PP Lawyers Pty Ltd and Ms PP (collectively, "PP Lawyers") as the First Intervenor, and NF Pty Ltd ("NF Pty Ltd") as the Second Intervenor. The proceedings involved a dispute between a husband and wife, with the court addressing financial obligations and applications filed by the parties.

The central legal issues before the court were whether to grant leave for PP Lawyers and NF Pty Ltd to intervene in the proceedings, and how to resolve the wife's application filed on 15 October 2018 and the husband's response filed on 29 October 2018, as well as an application by NS Company Pty Ltd filed on 21 November 2018. The court also had to determine the husband's obligation to the wife concerning specific paragraphs of a previous order made by Justice Cronin on 23 November 2017.

Mead J granted leave for PP Lawyers and NF Pty Ltd to intervene in the proceedings. The court ordered the husband to pay $2,000,000.00 to the Family Court of Australia Litigants Fund within seven days, to be held on behalf of the wife, as full and final satisfaction of the husband's obligations under paragraphs 2(a) and 2(b) of Justice Cronin's 2017 order. The wife's application of 15 October 2018 and the husband's response of 29 October 2018 were otherwise dismissed with no order as to costs. The application by NS Company Pty Ltd was also dismissed. Directions were to be listed concerning the interventions.