Aurenne Group Holdings Pty Ltd v Sentinel Corporate Advisory Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1664

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Aurenne Group Holdings Pty Ltd v Sentinel Corporate Advisory Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1664 Hearing dates: 28 November 2022 Decision date: 28 November 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity - Corporations List Before: Hammerschlag CJ in Eq Decision: Leave refused for director to appear for companies, with costs Catchwords: CORPORATIONS – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 7.1(2)(a) and 7.1(3) – Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 14 – Application by a director to represent corporate entities – where his corporate entity has made significant claims of misleading and deceptive conduct based on oral conversations to which he was party – where issues raised are complex – where the evidence relied on is silent on the extent of his and his entities' resources to be able to instruct lawyers – HELD – Leave refused Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 14 Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth), Division 7A Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 7.1(2)(a), 7.1(3) Cases Cited: Julianne Barrow Charitable Trust v Brisconnections Management Company Ltd [2009] FCA 412 Super Choice Now Pty Ltd v BrisConnections Management Company Ltd [2009] FCA 1026 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Paul Blahut - Applicant Aurenne Group Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 627857176 - Plaintiff / First Cross Defendant

Matter no. 2020/279262: Aurenne Kalpini Pty Ltd - Second Cross Defendant John Brice - Third Cross Defendant Sentinel Corporate Advisory Pty Ltd ACN 616405120 - Defendant / First Cross Claimant