O’Connor v O’Connor [2022] NSWCA 97

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: O'Connor v O'Connor [2022] NSWCA 97 Hearing dates: 27 April 2022 Decision date: 17 June 2022 Before: Bell CJ; Ward P; Leeming JA Decision: Appeal dismissed with costs. Catchwords: APPEAL – plaintiffs claimed damages for breach of agreement to issue shares – primary judge dismissed claim but indicated alternative case which might succeed – whether primary judge ought to have upheld claim based on alternative case – whether alternative case subject of concession at trial – whether concession wrongly elicited by primary judge – whether concession ought be permitted to be withdrawn on appeal – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Cases Cited: Brunninghausen v Glavanics (1999) 46 NSWLR 538; [1999] NSWCA 199 Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2003) 215 CLR 317; [2003] HCA 51 Fingleton v The Queen (2005) 227 CLR 166; [2005] HCA 34 Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118; [2003] HCA 22 Minister for Local Government v Blue Mountains City Council (2018) 97 NSWLR 1132; [2018] NSWCA 133 O'Connor v O'Connor [2017] NSWSC 1648 O'Connor v O'Connor [2018] NSWCA 214 Percival v Wright [1902] 2 Ch 421 Ridolfi v Rigato Farms Pty Ltd [2001] 2 Qd R 455; [2000] QCA 292 SLE Worldwide v WGB [2005] NSWSC 816 Smits v Roach (2006) 227 CLR 423; [2006] HCA 36 United Dominions Corporation Ltd v Brian Pty Ltd (1985) 157 CLR 1; [1985] HCA 49 University of Wollongong v Metwally (No 2) (1985) 59 ALJR 481 at 483; [1985] HCA 28 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Morgan Benedict O'Connor (First Appellant) Michael Stack (Second Appellant) John Joseph O'Connor (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C Birch SC, I Chatterjee (Appellants) D Studdy SC, T Boyle (Respondent)