Chandrasekaran v Navaratnem [2021] NSWSC 1446

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Chandrasekaran v Navaratnem [2021] NSWSC 1446 Hearing dates: 09 November 2021 Date of orders: 09 November 2021 Decision date: 09 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Garling J Decision: (1) Vacate the hearing of the defendant's Notice of Motion filed 11 December 2019 today. (2) Order that any further determination of the Motion take place on the papers and in Chambers. (3) Direct that, if the plaintiff wishes to file any further submissions in opposition to the relief sought in the defendant's Notice of Motion, then any such submissions should be filed and served by no later than 4pm, 26 November 2021. (4) Order the defendant to file and serve any submissions in reply to the plaintiff's submissions by 4pm, 3 December 2021. (5) Upon receipt of the last set of submissions, judgment in this matter will be reserved, and that judgment will be determined on the basis of all the papers which have been filed to date. (6) Reserve all questions of costs of and occasioned by the vacation of today's hearing date. (7) Grant both parties liberty to apply. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – notice of motion – no appearance by the plaintiff – adjournment – further determination of notice of motion to be dealt with on the papers Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Cases Cited: Chandrasekaran v Navaratnem [2020] NSWSC 95 Chandrasekaran v Western Sydney Local Health District [2021] NSWSC 920 Texts Cited: Not Applicable Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Sujatha Chandrasekaran (Plaintiff/Respondent) Kannan Navaratnem (Defendant/Applicant) Representation: Counsel: No Appearance (Plaintiff/Respondent) A Cameron (Defendant/Applicant)