WENTNER & RATER

In *Wentner & Rater*, heard before Cronin J, the parties were husband and wife. The dispute concerned an application by the husband for the wife to pay his costs, and a counter-application by the wife for the husband to pay her costs.

The central legal issue before the court was the determination of which party should bear the costs of the proceedings, and the quantum of those costs.

Cronin J dismissed the husband's application for costs. The court granted the wife's application for costs, ordering the husband to pay her costs fixed at $35,000.