Turner and Alexander (No. 3)

In *Turner and Alexander (No. 3)*, the Family Court of Australia considered an application for costs following earlier proceedings between the mother and father. The specific dispute before Macmillan J concerned the quantum of costs to be paid by the mother to the father.

The primary legal issue before the Court was to determine the appropriate amount for the father's costs, and whether the father's broader application for costs should be entirely granted or dismissed. The Court was also required to consider the disposition of documents produced to the Court.

Macmillan J reasoned that the father's costs should be fixed at $22,793, and ordered that the mother pay this sum by 4.00 pm on 15 August 2014. The Court further ordered that the father's costs application be otherwise dismissed, and the matter removed from the list of cases awaiting hearing. Directions were also given for the return of documents produced to the Court, to be held for thirty days from the date of the orders or until the conclusion of any appeal.