TAPPER & MCFARLANE (No.2)

In the matter of TAPPER & MCFARLANE (No.2), Judge Riethmuller of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia considered an application concerning contempt of court and the failure to comply with a bond. The proceedings involved property settlement and related matters between the parties.

The court was required to determine the appropriate orders to be made in light of the respondent's conduct, specifically in relation to a bond previously entered into and the need to ensure compliance with existing court orders. The court also considered the respondent's actions concerning specific properties.

Judge Riethmuller ordered the respondent to enter into a bond for a period of twenty-four months, requiring him to be of good behaviour and to comply with all extant and future orders and directions in the property settlement and related proceedings. The court also discharged a previous order made by Judge Burchardt and imposed a restraint on the respondent dealing with two specified properties. The respondent was ordered to pay the applicant's costs of the application on a solicitor-client basis. The court noted that the respondent entered into the bond in open court on 2 July 2013.