McGettigan v Coulter [2022] NSWCA 27

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: McGettigan v Coulter [2022] NSWCA 27 Hearing dates: 21 February 2022 Date of orders: 28 February 2022 Decision date: 28 February 2022 Before: Macfarlan JA Decision: (1) Accept the undertakings to the Court by the respondents, first, that they will retain in their personal bank accounts until the disposition of the applicant's appeal proceedings, the total amount of funds they have received in respect of the moneys earlier paid into Court and, secondly, that those funds will therefore not be disbursed or expended in that period. (2) Dismiss the applicant's motion for a stay of orders made in the Equity Division. (3) Order the applicant to pay the respondent's costs of the notice of motion. Catchwords: APPEAL – stay application refused – no issue of principle Category: Principal judgment Parties: John Patrick McGettigan (Applicant) Glenn Patrick Coulter (First Respondent) Rhonda Anne Coulter (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J McGettigan (self-represented) (Applicant) M Field (sol) (First and Second Respondents)

Solicitors: Field Lawyers (First and Second Respondents) File Number(s): 2021/00256597 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Supreme Court of New South Wales Jurisdiction: Equity Citation: [2021] NSWSC 1097; [2021] NSWSC 1356 Date of Decision: 31 August 2021; 22 October 2021 Before: Slattery J File Number(s): 2018/00174649; 2020/00104101