Sondakh v Herliman [2021] NSWSC 1144

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Sondakh v Herliman [2021] NSWSC 1144 Hearing dates: 26 August 2021 Date of orders: 9 September 2021 Decision date: 09 September 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: The Court Orders: (1) The Registrar General be joined as the ninth defendant. (2) The plaintiff is to file and serve the proposed further amended statement of claim (circulated 17 July 2021) within 14 days. (3) The third defendant's notice of motion filed 5 May 2021 is dismissed. (4) Costs of both notices of motion are reserved. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 13.4(1) and 14.28 – Application for dismissal – Whether causes of action can be made out – Whether pleadings are defective – Requirements to plead actual knowledge – Application dismissed Legislation Cited: Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), s 55 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 13.4(1), 14.28(1) Cases Cited: Banks v Alphatise Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1437 Brimson v Rocla Concrete Pipes Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 937 Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 Esanda Finance Corporation Ltd v Peat Marwick Hungerfords (1997) 188 CLR 241 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Hunt & Hunt Lawyers v Mitchell Morgan Nominees Pty Ltd (2013) 247 CLR 613 Nadinic v Drinkwater [2017] NSWCA 114 Preston v Star City Pty Ltd [1999] NSWSC 1273 at Webster v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 Wickstead v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Fanya Sondakh (Plaintiff) Vincentius Herliman (First Defendant) Dora Maddock (Second Defendant) Takouhi Kessegian (Third Defendant) Eagle Enterprise Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant) Victor Berger (Fifth Defendant) Tibby Morgenstern (Sixth Defendant) Stuart McDougall (Seventh Defendant) Representation: Counsel: T. Rogers (Plaintiff) S. O'Sullivan and N. Simone (Third Defendant)