Stevens v Hayes

In *Stevens v Hayes* [1989] NSWCA 201, the New South Wales Court of Appeal considered a dispute between the appellant, Stevens, and the respondent, Hayes. The precise nature of the dispute is not detailed in the provided text, but it was brought before the Court of Appeal for determination.

The central legal issue before the Court of Appeal was likely the interpretation or application of a particular legal principle or statutory provision relevant to the underlying dispute between Stevens and Hayes. Without further information on the factual matrix, the specific legal questions remain unstated.

The reasoning of the Court of Appeal and the legal principles it applied would have been directed towards resolving the identified legal issues. The judgment would have involved an analysis of relevant legislation and/or case law to arrive at its decision.

The final orders or outcome of the appeal are not provided in the given text.