Youssef v Shepherd [2021] NSWSC 1355

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Youssef v Shepherd [2021] NSWSC 1355 Hearing dates: 18 October 2021 Date of orders: 19 October 2021 Decision date: 19 October 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Henry J Decision: Default judgment set aside. See [60]. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Default judgment – Setting aside – bona fide defence on the merits – no issue of principle Legislation Cited: Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1884 (Tas), s 63(4) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 127 Electronic Transactions Victoria Act 2000 (Vic), ss 7, 12A Property Law Act 1958 (Vic), ss 73(1), 73A Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 16.3(1A), 36.15(1), 36.16(2) Cases Cited: Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd v Pickard [2019] SASC 123 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd v DY Logistics Pty Ltd [2018] VSC 558 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Wales [2012] NSWSC 407 Dai v Zhu [2013] NSWCA 412 Dunwoodie v Teachers Mutual Bank Ltd [2014] NSWCA 24 J & M McNamee Holdings Pty Ltd v Mungerie Vale Pty Ltd trading as Greenwood Group Realtors [2019] NSWCA 283 Pham v Gall (2020) 102 NSWLR 269; [2020] NSWCA 116 Pope v Aberdeen Transport Co Pty Ltd [1965] NSWR 1550 Texts Cited: Seddon on Deeds (2015, 2nd ed, The Federation Press) Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Ahmad Youssef (Plaintiff) Phillip Charles Shepherd (First Defendant) RxOperations Pty Ltd (ACN 13 617 778 837) (Second Defendant) Raymond Wai-Lun Chan (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D Allen (Plaintiff) P Shepherd (Self-represented) (First Defendant)