ZANDI & ZANDI

In the matter of *Zandi & Zandi*, Judge Hartnett of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia considered an application by the wife to stay proceedings and the husband's response thereto. The core of the dispute revolved around the wife's attempt to halt the ongoing legal proceedings.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the wife had established sufficient grounds to warrant a stay of the proceedings. This required the court to assess the merits of the wife's application against the relevant legal principles governing the granting of stays in such matters.

Judge Hartnett dismissed the wife's application for a stay. The court ordered that the wife pay the husband's costs associated with his response to the application, supporting affidavit, and the costs of the day, fixed at $3,300, to be paid upon the judgment or settlement of the proceedings.