Faraday & Anor and Gear & Anor

The applicants, Faraday and another, brought proceedings against the respondents, Gear and another, before Rees J in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The nature of the dispute is not detailed in the provided text, however, the orders indicate a costs order was made in favour of the applicants.

The central legal issue before the court was the determination of costs payable by the respondents to the applicants in relation to proceedings heard on 20 January 2012, with costs to be assessed from 9 December 2011.

Rees J ordered that the respondents pay the applicants' costs of the proceedings on 20 January 2012, as and from 9 December 2011, within 28 days of agreement or assessment. This indicates that the court found in favour of the applicants regarding the costs of the specified proceedings.