Jones & Anor & Markham

The applicants, Jones & Anor and Markham, brought proceedings before Justice Austin. The nature of the dispute and the specific claims made by the applicants are not detailed in the provided text, beyond the fact that the proceedings concluded with orders made on 9 June 2010.

The central legal issue before the court, as evidenced by the orders, concerned the apportionment of costs between the parties following the conclusion of the proceedings. Specifically, the court was required to determine the extent to which the respondent should bear the costs incurred by the applicants.

Justice Austin ordered that the respondent was to pay one third of the costs of each applicant. These costs were to be in relation to the proceedings that concluded on 9 June 2010, and were to be calculated either by agreement between the parties or, failing agreement, assessed on a party and party basis.