WALMSLEY & WALMSLEY

In *Walmsley & Walmsley*, heard before Dawe J, the wife sought the enforcement of previous final orders made in family law proceedings. The husband, conversely, applied to vary or discharge those same orders.

The central legal issue before the Court was whether the husband had established a sufficient basis to warrant the variation or discharge of the existing final property settlement orders. This required the Court to consider whether the proceedings for property settlement should be reopened.

Dawe J found that the husband had not demonstrated any grounds upon which the final orders could be varied or discharged. Consequently, the Court determined that there was no basis to reopen the proceedings for property settlement. The husband's applications were therefore dismissed.

The Court ordered that the DV tapes be handed to the wife in open court, which she acknowledged receipt of. All outstanding applications were dismissed, and the proceedings were removed from the Active Pending Cases List.