ZUPAN & ZUPAN

In the matter of *Zupan & Zupan*, heard before Judge Harman, the parties sought to vary an arbitral award registered by the Court. The dispute concerned an error within the registered arbitral award, specifically a misidentification of a property.

The central legal issue before the Court was whether it had the power to grant leave to vary an arbitral award, and if so, to correct a specific error within that award. This involved considering the provisions of section 13K of the *Family Law Act* and the Court's ability to dispense with procedural requirements to facilitate a timely resolution.

Judge Harman reasoned that the Court possessed the necessary jurisdiction under section 13K of the *Family Law Act* to grant leave for the parties to apply to vary the arbitral award. The Court found that the error in referring to "Property A1" instead of "Property A" was a clear mistake that could and should be rectified. Consequently, the Court granted leave to the parties to make a joint oral application to vary the award, dispensed with any rules that would prevent the application from being heard and determined on the same day, and ordered that the arbitral award be varied to correct the property description. All other issues were removed from the list of cases awaiting hearing.