Sterling and Sterling and Ors

In *Sterling and Sterling and Ors*, heard before Watts J, the applicants, Sterling and Sterling and Ors, sought summary dismissal of proceedings brought against them by the respondents. The specific nature of the dispute between the parties is not detailed in the provided text, but the application concerned the respondents' claim.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the respondents' claim should be summarily dismissed. This required the court to consider the merits of the application for dismissal and determine if the proceedings had any reasonable prospect of success, or if they were otherwise an abuse of process.

Watts J dismissed the application for summary dismissal. While the reasoning is not elaborated upon in the provided text, the decision indicates that the court found sufficient grounds for the respondents' claim to proceed to further stages of litigation. The court therefore relisted the matter for directions and reserved the costs of the application.