Suriz and Bidal

The matter of *Suriz and Bidal* concerned an application by the wife for costs related to her appearances before the Registrar. The specific nature of the underlying dispute that led to these appearances is not detailed in the provided text. The decision was made by Foster J.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the wife should be awarded costs for her appearances before the Registrar. This required the court to consider the principles governing the award of costs in family law proceedings, particularly in relation to interlocutory applications and appearances before a Registrar.

Foster J dismissed the wife's application for costs. While the specific reasoning is not elaborated upon in the provided text, the outcome suggests that the court found no grounds to depart from the usual rule that parties bear their own costs in such circumstances, or that the wife's conduct or the merits of her application did not warrant a costs order in her favour.

Consequently, the court ordered that the wife’s application for costs of and incidental to appearances before the Registrar be dismissed.