Wood and Muller

In the matter of *Wood and Muller*, Johns J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the husband and a response and application in a case by the wife. The precise nature of the dispute between the parties is not detailed, but the proceedings concerned applications made by both the husband and the wife.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the husband's amended Initiating Application should be dismissed, and to what extent the wife's Response to Initiating Application and Application in a Case should be dismissed. The court was also required to determine the question of costs arising from these applications.

Johns J dismissed the husband's amended Initiating Application in its entirety. The wife's Response to Initiating Application and Application in a Case were also dismissed, save for the issue of costs. The court then made directions for the filing and service of written submissions by both parties concerning the wife's application for costs, limiting these submissions to 10 pages each, with the final determination of costs to be reserved for chambers.