WILCOX & DE SANTIS

In *Wilcox & De Santis*, heard before Tree J, the parties brought various applications concerning property matters. The proceedings reached a point where the trial was adjourned, and the parties were invited to present consent orders to the court. Subsequently, a discontinuance was filed after the trial.

The central legal issue before the court was whether to dismiss all extant applications and remove the matter from the active pending cases list, given the circumstances that transpired post-trial.

Tree J's reasoning, as evidenced by the final orders, was that in the absence of any further action or appearance by the parties following the invitation to consent to orders, and with a discontinuance having been filed, the appropriate course was to dismiss all outstanding applications. This effectively concluded the proceedings and removed the matter from the court's active caseload.

Consequently, all extant applications were dismissed, and the matter was removed from the list of active pending cases.