Norman v Wall (No 7) [2021] NSWSC 222

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Norman v Wall (No 7) [2021] NSWSC 222 Hearing dates: 9 March 2021 Date of orders: 9 March 2021 Decision date: 09 March 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Lonergan J Decision: (1) Refuse leave to the plaintiff to rely upon a further iteration of the Statement of Claim provided on 8 March 2021 (2) Refuse leave to the plaintiffs to file and rely upon the proposed Further Amended Statement of Claim dated 17 December 2020. (3) Pursuant to UCPR 12.7 and 13.4 I dismiss the proceedings. (4) The plaintiffs to pay the defendant's costs of the plaintiff's application to amend the Statement of Claim and the costs of the proceedings. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – pleadings – several opportunities to re-plead – self-represented litigants – pro bono legal assistance terminated by plaintiffs - proceedings dismissed for want of due despatch and abuse of process Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Aon Risk Services Australia Limited v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175; [2009] HCA 2007 Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244 Bauskias v Liew [2013] NSWCA 2009 Dickens, a pseudonym, v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWCA 222 Dickens v State of New South Wales (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 485 Karam v Palmone Shoes Pty Ltd [2012] VSC A97 Norman v Wall [2020] NSWSC 129 Norman v Wall (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 997 Norman v Wall (No 3) [2020] NSWSC 998 Norman v Wall (No 4) [2020] NSWSC 999 Norman v Wall (No 5) [2020] NSWSC 1062 Norman v Wall (No 6) [2020] NSWSC 1211 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Gillian Linda Norman (First Plaintiff) Ron Berry (Second Plaintiff) Wrothwell Wall (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Raftery (Defendant)