Devine Real Estate Concord Pty Ltd v Agha [2023] NSWSC 359

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Devine Real Estate Concord Pty Ltd v Agha [2023] NSWSC 359 Hearing dates: 22 March 2023 Decision date: 12 April 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Kunc J Decision: Plaintiff's claim against second defendant dismissed Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — Separate determination of questions — Consequences of — Disposal of proceedings — Where second defendant successfully appealed against orders made in separate determination of liability but no order made dismissing claim against second defendant Cases Cited: Agha v Devine Real Estate Concord Pty Ltd & Ors [2021] NSWCA 29 Clayton v Bandt (2020) 272 CLR 1; [2020] HCA 4 Devine Real Estate Concord Pty Ltd & Ors v Wajih Agha (aka Roger Agha) & Anor [2019] NSWSC 786 Devine Real Estate v Agha & Anor [2022] NSWSC 543 Kimberley Developments Pty Ltd v Bale [2023] NSWCA 25 Smith v Yusen Daly Smith International Pty Ltd (in liquidation) (2001) 53 NSWLR 385; [2001] NSWCA 458 Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 507; [2015] HCA 28 Texts Cited: D Mildren, The Appellate Jurisdiction of the Courts in Australia, Second Edition, Federation Press 2023 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Devine Real Estate Concord Pty Ltd (First Plaintiff) Devine Real Estate Drummoyne Pty Ltd (Second Plaintiff) Steven Devine (Third Plaintiff) EMC Holdings Pty Ltd (ACN 113 128 153) as trustee for EMC True Family Trust (Fourth Plaintiff) Wajih Agha (First Defendant) Lewis Coombe (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: G A Sirtes SC with M Seck (Plaintiffs) P Doyle Gray with A Djurdjevic (Defendants)