Vale and Vale (No 2)

In *Vale and Vale (No 2)*, Hogan J of the Family Court of Australia considered an oral application by the applicant for the transfer of proceedings to the Sydney Registry. The specific nature of the underlying dispute between the parties, Mr. and Mrs. Vale, is not detailed in the provided extract, beyond the fact that it was a matter before the Family Court.

The sole legal issue before the court was whether to grant the applicant's request to transfer the proceedings from their current registry to the Sydney Registry. This required the court to consider the relevant rules and principles governing the transfer of Family Court proceedings.

Hogan J dismissed the applicant's oral application. While the reasons for this dismissal are not elaborated upon in the provided text, the decision indicates that the court did not find sufficient grounds to order the transfer of the proceedings to Sydney. The court's decision was to maintain the proceedings in their existing registry.