TH Drake & Associates Pty Ltd v Safaei [2022] NSWSC 1008

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: TH Drake & Associates Pty Ltd v Safaei [2022] NSWSC 1008 Hearing dates: 4 March 2022 Date of orders: 24 August 2022 Decision date: 24 August 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Walton J Decision: (1) The Notice of Motion filed 11 September 2021 is dismissed. (2) The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs of the Notice of Motion. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – transfer of proceedings from Local Court and District Court to Supreme Court – Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 140 – Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) s 89(3A) – whether matters are serious or complex, or which require the protective function of this Court, or have a public interest component – transfer order refused COSTS – proper construction of Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) ss 178 and 185 – whether "void" in Uniform Law is void in futuro or void ab initio Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 140 Courts and Crime Legislation Amendment Act 2008 (NSW) Courts and Other Justice Portfolio Legislation Amendment Act 2015 (NSW), Sch 1.13 cl [3] District Court Act 1973 (NSW), s 127 Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW), ss 384, 385 Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), Pt 4.3 Divs 3, 4; ss 174, 178, 185, 193, 198, 200 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW), ss 4, 89 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (Vic), Sch 1 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulations 2015 (NSW), reg 34 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), ss 69, 118 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 49.4 Cases Cited: Bevan v Bingham [2022] NSWSC 863 Cai v Guo [2014] NSWSC 380 Ex parte Delponte; Re Thiess Bros Pty Ltd [1965] NSWR 1468 Ex parte Dusmanovic [1967] 2 NSWR 125 Ex parte Vigilant Finance (NSW) Pty Ltd; Re Cameron Smith [1964] NSWR 1282 George Pearce Pty Ltd v O'Flynn [1963] NSWR 102 KBRV Resort Operations Pty Ltd v Chilcott (2001) 51 NSWLR 516; [2001] NSWCA 116 Marincic v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWSC 272 Martinez v Al Maha [2021] NSWSC 932 McCormick v BP Australia Ltd [2003] NSWSC 690 Re Murray; Ex parte Hillman [1961] NSWR 573 Ritchie v Gumley (1954) SR (NSW) 334 Ryner v Roller [2007] NSWSC 372 Sanderson Motors Pty Ltd v Kirby [2000] NSWSC 924 Scarlett Anne Robinson bhnf Anthony James Robinson v Riverina Equestrian Association Inc [2022] NSWSC 953 SW v The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network t/as Westmead Children's Hospital [2022] NSWSC 293 Wende v Horwath (No 2) (2015) 91 NSWLR 588; [2015] NSWCA 416 Wende v Horwath (NSW) Pty Ltd (2014) 86 NSWLR 674; [2014] NSWCA 170 Category: Costs Parties: TH Drake & Associates Pty Ltd (trading as Drake & Associates) (Plaintiff) Amir Khezr Safaei Manesh (also known as Amir Safaei) (First Defendant) Manager, Costs Assessment (Second Defendant, submitting appearance) Representation: Counsel: CJ Bevan (Plaintiff) JC McDonald (First Defendant)