Bkassini v Sarkis (No 2) (Revised) [2020] NSWSC 1465

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Bkassini v Sarkis (No 2) (Revised) [2020] NSWSC 1465 Hearing dates: 14 May 2020 and on the papers Decision date: 22 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Robb J Decision: See pars [164] and [165]. Catchwords: JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS — Effect of — where need to perfect an order made following a hearing that the plaintiff perform repairs to a residential property the subject of a Crisp order by specifying the repairs and the timing of the repairs being carried out –– where the parties were unable to agree as to appropriate short minutes of order –– where the funds available to carry out the repairs were substantially exhausted by a shortfall in the expected sale price of an asset of the estate and the amount of legal costs incurred by the parties –– where the only practical course was to require that only essential repairs be effected –– where the repairs finally proposed by the plaintiff were ordered to be performed — no issue of principle Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) Cases Cited: Re the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia; Ex Parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622; [1997] HCA 6 William Bkassini v Sonya Sarkis [2017] NSWSC 1487 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: William Bkassini (plaintiff) Sonya Sarkis (defendant) Representation: Counsel: G McNally SC (plaintiff) J Needham SC (defendant)

Solicitors: Colin Daley Quinn (plaintiff) MJM Lawyers (defendant) File Number(s): 2015 / 27946