Hana v Shad Legal Services Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 601

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hana v Shad Legal Services Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 601 Hearing dates: 7 May 2021 Date of orders: 31 May 2021 Decision date: 31 May 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: (1) The statement of claim be struck out; (2) The plaintiff file and serve any amended statement of claim on or before 27 June 2021; (3) The proceedings be listed for directions before the Registrar at 9.00am on 6 July 2021 at 9.00am; (4) The plaintiff pay the defendant's costs of its notice of motion dated 29 January 2021; and (5) The notice of motion be otherwise dismissed. Catchwords: SUMMARY DISMISSAL – abuse of process – Anshun estoppel – plaintiff unsuccessful in probate proceedings – failed to show testator knew and approved of will making plaintiff sole beneficiary – defendant's employed solicitor drafted and supervised execution of will – alleged defendant's failures meant plaintiff lacked evidence to prove will approved – attempt to relitigate probate proceedings – statement of claim struck out Cases Cited: D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal (2005) 223 CLR 1; [2005] HCA 12 Egri v DRG Australia Ltd (1988) 19 NSWLR 600 Ekes v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2014] NSWCA 336 Habib v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 231 Harris for and on behalf of the estate of Harris and Harris v Rapisarda [2019] NSWSC 1088 Henderson v Henderson (1843) 3 Hare 100, 67 ER 313 Kuligowski v Metrobus (2004) 220 CLR 363 Mekhail v Hana; Mekhail v Hana [2019] NSWCA 197 Mekhail v Hana; Mekhail v Hana; In the Estate of Nadia Mekhail (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 1452 O'Shane v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd (2013) 85 NSWLR 698 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589 Redowood Pty Limited v Link Market Services Pty Limited (formerly known as ASX Perpetual Registrars Limited) [2007] NSWCA 286 Rippon v Chilcott Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 142; (2001) 53 NSWLR 198 State of Bank New South Wales Ltd v Stenhouse Ltd (1997) Aust Tort Reports 81-423 Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Limited (2015) 256 CLR 507; [2015] HCA 2 Veall v Veall (2015) 46 VR 123; [2015] VSCA 60 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509 Texts Cited: K R Handley AQ CStj QC, Spencer Bower and Handley: Res Judicata, Lexis Nexus, 5th edition, 2019 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Georgette Hana (Plaintiff) Shad Legal Services Pty Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: JC Lee; BJS Smith (Plaintiff) GES Ng (Defendant)