Syms and Syms (No 2)

In *Syms and Syms (No 2)*, Cleary J of the Family Court of Australia considered an objection raised by the respondent concerning the admissibility of certain evidence. The dispute arose within proceedings concerning property settlement and spousal maintenance.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether the respondent's objection to the admission of specific documents, tendered by the applicant, should be upheld. This involved an assessment of the relevance and potential prejudice of the tendered evidence in the context of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth).

Cleary J upheld the objection, finding that the tendered documents were not relevant to the issues before the Court and that their admission would likely be unfairly prejudicial to the respondent. The Court applied principles of evidence law, particularly concerning relevance and the discretionary power to exclude evidence that is more prejudicial than probative, to reach its decision.

The Court ordered that the objection be upheld, with the precise form of the order to be entered in the Court's records.