Barone and Whittle

In the proceedings before Harper J, the parties were Barone and Whittle. The nature of the dispute and the specific claims or defences are not detailed in the provided text. The court was tasked with determining the procedural path for the resolution of the matter.

The central legal issue before the court was how the proceedings should be managed to ensure their efficient and final determination. This involved considering whether all aspects of the dispute, encompassing both factual and legal questions, should be heard concurrently. The court also had to establish a framework for the parties to agree on or propose procedural orders for the future conduct of the case.

Harper J ordered that the proceedings were to proceed to finality, with all issues of fact and law to be heard together. The parties were directed to confer by a specified date to produce agreed Short Minutes containing all necessary procedural orders for the further progress of the proceedings, to be submitted to Chambers shortly thereafter. If agreement could not be reached, each party was to submit their own proposed Short Minutes with their contended procedural orders for the court's consideration.