Jacups v The Fidelity Fund Management Committee of the Law Society of NSW (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1375

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Jacups v The Fidelity Fund Management Committee of the Law Society of NSW (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1375 Hearing dates: 20 to 21 September 2022 Date of orders: 13 October 2022 Decision date: 13 October 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Griffiths AJ Decision: (1) The summons filed on 25 June 2021 is dismissed, with no order as to costs. Catchwords: LEGAL PRACTITIONERS – claim against fund – appeal to Supreme Court – where Fidelity Fund Management Committee wholly disallowed claim – whether Committee constructively failed to exercise jurisdiction – whether any "default" within the meaning of the Uniform Law – summons dismissed Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: AB v Curry [2015] NSWSC 1063 Anderson v Anderson [2016] NSWSC 1204 Australian Retirement Holdings Pty Ltd v Tracey Anne Higgins in her capacity as administrator of the estate of the late Monica Mary Pritchard [2021] NSWSC 1158 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336; [1938] HCA 34 Brown v New South Wales Trustee and Guardian [2012] NSWCA 431; (2012) 10 ASTLR 164 Curran v Harvey [2012] NSWSC 276 Day v Couch [2000] NSWSC 230 Dranichnikov v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2003] HCA 26; (2003) 197 ALR 389 Hughes v R (2017) 263 CLR 338; [2017] HCA 20 Jacups v The Fidelity Fund Management Committee of the Law Society of NSW [2022] NSWSC 313 Palmer v Dolman [2005] NSWCA 361 Plunkett v Bull (1915) 19 CLR 544; [1915] HCA 14 R v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal; Ex parte Hardiman (1980) 144 CLR 12; [1980] HCA 13 Re New Broadcasting Ltd and Australian Broadcasting Tribunal [1987] AATA 151; (1987) 73 ALR 420 Searle v Commonwealth (2019) 100 NSWLR 55; [2019] NSWCA 127 Smith v Smith [2017] NSWSC 408 Stick-on Signs Pty Ltd v Sign Gear Pty Ltd [2002] VSC 320 Wang v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 67 Wang v The Law Society of New South Wales [2020] NSWSC 1741 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Graham Dudley Jacups (Plaintiff) The Fidelity Fund Management Committee of the Law Society of NSW (First Defendant) The Law Society of NSW (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: P King (Plaintiff) T Prince (First and Second Defendants)