O'Keefe v Integral Corporate Property Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 839

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: O'Keefe v Integral Corporate Property Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 839 Hearing dates: 23 June 2022 Date of orders: 23 June 2022 Decision date: 24 June 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Meek J Decision: Hearing dates vacated. Plaintiffs to pay defendants' costs thrown away. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — Hearings — Adjournment — Applicable principles — Vacation of hearing dates — Illness of counsel — Defendants' counsel contracted COVID 19 — COSTS — Principles where adjournment not arising by fault of the applicant Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 57, 58, 66, 98 Cases Cited: O'Keefe v Integral Corporate Property Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 1219 Rowe v Stoltze (2013) 45 WAR 116; [2013] WASCA 92 Sinclair v Creenaune [2022] NSWSC 230 Tuggeranong Town Centre Pty Ltd v Brenda Hungerford Pty Ltd (No 3) [2017] ACTSC 301; (2017) 325 FLR 436 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Proceedings 2021/6272

Graham Colin O'Keefe (First Plaintiff) Graham Colin O'Keefe as assignee of the Trustee in Bankruptcy, Graham Colin (Second Plaintiff) Integral Corporate Property Pty Ltd (First Defendant) James George Petersen (also known as George Kekatos) (Second Defendant) K & T Services Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) Cheryl Joanne Thrush (Fourth Defendant) Perpetual Business Services Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant)

Proceedings 2021/54306