Macura v Sarasevic & Anor [2020] NSWCA 119

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Macura v Sarasevic & Anor [2020] NSWCA 119 Hearing dates: 15 June 2020 Date of orders: 15 June 2020 Decision date: 15 June 2020 Before: White JA Decision: 1. If and to the extent necessary, dispense with any requirement the appellant not commence or carry on these proceedings except with a tutor.

2. Order that the costs of the application be the appellant's costs in the appeal. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — Parties — Persons under legal incapacity — Tutors – whether appellant under legal incapacity for the purposes of r 7.14 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) – where appellant represented by a tutor before the primary judge –whether to dispense with the requirement for proceedings to be commenced or carried on by a tutor – where change in appellant's circumstances since the appointment of a tutor by the primary judge Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 14 NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009 (NSW) s 41(2) Cases Cited: Kostov v YPOL Pty Ltd (2018) 98 NSWLR 1002; [2018] NSWCA 306 Macura v Saracevic [2019] NSWSC 1409 Macura v Sarasevic [2019] NSWSC 1409 Mao v AMP Superannuation Limited [2015] NSWCA 252 Mao v AMP Superannuation Limited [2018] NSWCA 72 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Branko David Macura (Appellant) Dragan Sarasevic (First Respondent) Milena Mijatovic (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D Boutros, Solicitor (Appellant) J Bartos (Respondents)