Weston and Hanson and Ors

In *Weston and Hanson and Ors*, heard before Macmillan J, the parties brought various applications before the court. The precise nature of the dispute is not detailed, but the orders indicate that the proceedings were related to the Children's Court and involved unresolved parenting issues.

The central legal issue before the court was the appropriate course of action regarding the extant applications, given the stage of the proceedings in the Children's Court and the status of parenting issues. The court was required to determine whether these applications should be struck out and under what conditions they might be reinstated.

Macmillan J ordered that all extant applications be struck out. However, a right was preserved for the parties to have these applications reinstated. Reinstatement would be permitted upon a party certifying to the Registrar that the proceedings in the Children's Court had been completed, that there remained unresolved parenting issues requiring judicial determination, and that the matter was otherwise ready to proceed to a final hearing.