NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Odlum v Stephen Friend t/as Friend & Co Lawyers and anor [2021] NSWSC 577 Hearing dates: 19 May 2021 Date of orders: 19 May 2021 Decision date: 19 May 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Bellew J Decision: (1) The notice of motion filed by the plaintiff on 15 April 2021 is dismissed. (2) I reserve the question of costs of the motion for determination by the trial judge. (3) I stand the matter over for further directions before me on 3 June 2021 at 9.30am. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Application for referral to pro-bono panel for assistance – Third application following two earlier referrals – Whether special circumstances – Plaintiff in receipt of a disability support person – Special circumstances justifying a further referral not made out – Inference that plaintiff refused advice given pursuant to one of the earlier referrals and would not provide proper instructions – Application dismissed WORDS AND PHRASES – "special" Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Judith Odlum – Plaintiff Stephen Friend t/as Friend & Co Lawyers – First Defendant Andrew J Paterson – Second Defendant Representation: Counsel: K Nunn – First Defendant L Edmonds – Second Defendant
Solicitors: Self-represented – Plaintiff Mullane and Lindsay – First Defendant Carter Newell – Second Defendant File Number(s): 2017/378597 Publication restriction: Nil
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