Lake Macquarie Conveyancing Pty Ltd v Carr [2021] NSWSC 1295

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lake Macquarie Conveyancing Pty Ltd v Carr [2021] NSWSC 1295 Hearing dates: 28 September 2021 Decision date: 28 September 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Ward CJ in Eq Decision: 1. Stay the proceedings for 28 days to permit the first plaintiff to engage and retain independent legal representatives to act on behalf of the first plaintiff in the proceedings. 2. Grant liberty to the defendants, if a notice of appearance by a solicitor on behalf of the first plaintiff is not filed within 28 days, to move to have the summons dismissed. 3. Vacate the listing of the matter before the Duty Judge on 5 October 2021. 4. Order that the plaintiffs pay the defendants' costs of the motion. 5. List the matter for directions on 2 November 2021 before me at 8.30am. 6. Give the parties liberty to apply on 3 days' notice. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — Parties — Representation Legislation Cited: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 205 Real Property Act 1900 (NSW), ss 74K, 74O Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 7.1, 7.2, 7.28, 12.11 Cases Cited: Agricultural and Rural Finance Limited v Kirk (2011) 82 ACSR 390; [2011] NSWCA 67 Bay Marine v Clayton Country Properties (1986) 8 NSWLR 104 Business Innovation Pty Ltd v Maddison Morgan & Bailey Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 1523 Damjanovic v Maley (2002) 55 NSWLR 149; [2002] NSWCA 230 FEV Mono Constructions v Beattie [2020] NSWSC 467 FinSec Pty Ltd as Trustee of Batterham Retirement Fund v Nauer [2019] NSWSC 1831 In the matter of Idoport Pty Ltd (2011) 83 ACSR 164; [2011] NSWSC 322 In the matter of Kala Capital Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 1073 JSBG Developments v Kozlowski (2009) 75 NSWLR 745; [2009] NSWSC 1128 Maronis Holdings Ltd v Nippon Credit Australia Pty Ltd (2000) 175 ALR 36; [2000] NSWSC 507 Pham v Enterprise ICT Pty Ltd; Pham v Sebie (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 381 Re Southern Equities Corporation Ltd (1997) 25 ACSR 394 Savcor Pty Ltd v Cathodic Protection International APS (2005) 12 VR 639; [2005] VSCA 213 Tanamerah Estates Pty Ltd v Tibra Capital Pty Ltd (2015) 110 ACSR 29; [2015] NSWSC 1519 Thomas A Edison Ltd v Bullock (1912) 15 CLR 679; [1912] HCA 72 Texts Cited: Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure NSW, vol 1 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Lake Macquarie Conveyancing Pty Ltd (First Plaintiff) Lorraine Berry (Second Plaintiff) Amanda May Carr (First Defendant) Brett Richmond Carr (Second Defendant) 3C Conveyancing Pty Ltd (Deregistered) (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: NJ Whitehall (First Plaintiff) (Self-represented) JM Elks (Defendants)