WHITE & WHITE

In *White & White*, Stevenson J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the husband seeking a review of a Registrar's order concerning costs. The dispute arose from an application for disclosure, following which the Registrar had ordered the husband to pay the wife's costs associated with that application.

The central legal issue before Stevenson J was whether the Registrar's order for costs was appropriate and should be upheld. This required the court to consider the principles governing the award of costs in family law proceedings, particularly in the context of disclosure applications.

Stevenson J allowed the husband's application for review and discharged the Registrar's order. The court's reasoning, though not detailed in the provided text, indicates that the original order for costs was found to be erroneous or not in accordance with the applicable legal principles. Consequently, the order mandating the husband to pay the wife's costs for the disclosure application was set aside.