ZUNINO & ZUNINO

The proceedings involved applications by the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth respondents seeking to be removed as parties to the proceedings and for summary dismissal of the wife's claims against them. Additionally, the wife sought an order under section 198F of the *Corporations Act 2001* (Cth) compelling the husband to inspect corporate records. The court was presided over by Foster J.

The legal issues before the court were whether the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth respondents should be removed as parties, whether the wife's claims against these respondents should be summarily dismissed, and whether the husband should be ordered to inspect corporate records under section 198F of the *Corporations Act 2001* (Cth).

Foster J dismissed the applications by the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth respondents to be removed as parties and their applications for summary dismissal of the wife's claims. The court also dismissed the wife's application for an order under section 198F of the *Corporations Act 2001* (Cth). The reasoning for dismissing the section 198F application was that the right of a director to inspect company books is not unfettered and requires the applicant to establish the factual background to the request with particularity. The court noted that the wife, in seeking the order, had not sufficiently particularised the nature and extent of the documents sought, and that considerations such as the request being unduly onerous or the company bearing excessive costs were relevant. The costs of and incidental to all these applications were reserved.