Bryson AJ said in Hampson v Hampson [2010] NSWCA 359 at 102 if there is “a tendency of an applicant to spend excessive amounts of money unwisely (whether through an addiction to alcohol, drugs or gambling, or simply through habitual spendthrift characteristics)” this is a relevant consideration for the second stage of the process identified in Singer v Berghouse (No 2) (what provision should be awarded).