Ward v Westpac Banking Corporation Limited [2022] NSWSC 66

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Ward v Westpac Banking Corporation Limited [2022] NSWSC 66 Hearing dates: 3 February 2022 Date of orders: 3 February 2022 Decision date: 03 February 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity - Real Property List Before: Kunc J Decision: Both motions to restrain opposing legal representatives from acting dismissed Catchwords: OCCUPATIONS — Legal practitioners — Generally — Court's supervisory jurisdiction to restrain legal practitioners from acting other than to preserve confidential information — No issue of principle Cases Cited: Kallinicos v Hunt (2005) 64 NSWLR 561; [2005] NSWSC 1181 Overdean Developments Pty Ltd v Garslev Holdings Pty Ltd (No 3) [2021] NSWSC 1482 Seng Hpa v Walker [2017] VSC 320 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Roger Thomas Ward (First Plaintiff/Second Cross Defendant) Peter Shah Mahommed (Second Plaintiff/Second Cross Defendant)

Westpac Banking Corporation ACN 007 457 141 (First Defendant) The Registrar General of Titles, NSW (Second Defendant) Karen Ann Cox as Administrator of David William Dixon's Estate (Third defendant/First Cross Defendant) Representation: Counsel:

L Smits (Solicitor) (Plaintiffs/Second Cross Defendant)

D Allen (Third Defendant/First Cross Defendant)

Solicitors:

Leonardus Smits (Plaintiffs)

Thomson Geer (First Defendant) Crown Solicitors (Second Defendant) Kekatos Lawyers (Third Defendant) File Number(s): 2020/247595 Publication restriction: No