Yashal and Yashal

In the matter of *Yashal and Yashal*, Justice Cronin of the Family Court of Australia was required to make orders concerning the conduct of proceedings between the parties. The case involved applications for final orders, the precise nature of which were to be clarified.

The primary legal issues before the Court were the timely and precise filing of applications, responses, and supporting evidence, including financial statements, by both the applicant and the respondent. The Court also needed to determine the procedure for the final hearing, including the filing of concise orders, lists of evidence, asset and liability summaries, and arguments. Furthermore, the Court addressed the disclosure of costs incurred and anticipated.

Justice Cronin directed that all applications for final orders be adjourned for hearing on 8 June 2012. To ensure readiness for this hearing, the applicant was ordered to file an amended application, affidavits of evidence in chief, and a compliant financial statement by 21 May 2012, and to pay all setting down and trial fees by the same date. The respondent was similarly required to file an amended response, affidavits of evidence in chief, and a financial statement by 1 June 2012. The Court also stipulated that no further material was to be filed without leave and provided liberty for parties to approach the registrar to vary obligations. Practitioners were ordered to electronically file a concise set of orders, a list of documents to be read, an asset and liability list, and a summary of argument by 6 June 2012. Finally, each party was to provide a statement of costs incurred and expected at the commencement of the hearing, and all documents were to be served electronically on the husband.