Amil Dlakic by his tutor Liliane Dlakic v Michael John Vaughan (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 679

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Amil Dlakic by his tutor Liliane Dlakic v Michael John Vaughan (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 679 Hearing dates: 20-22 March 2023 Decision date: 22 June 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Robb J Decision: See [219]–[224], and [237]–[242] Catchwords: JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS — effect of — where earlier judgment entitles plaintiff to elect to set aside or affirm agreement for buyback of legal practice — where referee engaged to prepare accounting report for various scenarios — where referee not instructed to assess value of certain aspects of plaintiff's claim — where court makes findings of amount of compensation to which plaintiff is entitled under each scenario COSTS — Party/Party — costs orders made between parties in respect of interlocutory proceedings Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), ss 4, 6(a), 7(1)(g), 17(1), 17(2), 270, 548, 626(1) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), Division 3 Part 20, r 20.14 Cases Cited: Aon Risk Services Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175; [2009] HCA 27 Amil Dlakic by his tutor Liliane Dlakic v Michael John Vaughan [2018] NSWSC 1455 Amil Dlakic by his tutor Liliane Dlakic v Michael John Vaughan (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 509 Lahoud v Lahoud [2006] NSWSC 126 Nelson v Nelson (1995) 184 CLR 538; [1995] HCA 25 REW08 Projects Pty Ltd v Lifestyle Investments Pty Ltd (2017) 95 NSWLR 458; [2017] NSWCA 265 The Owners-Strata Plan No 30791 v Southern Cross Constructions (ACT) Pty Ltd (in liq) [2017] NSWSC 1660 Trampoline Enterprises Pty Ltd v Fresh Retailing Pty Ltd [2019] VSCA 74 Category: Consequential orders Parties: Amil Dlakic by his tutor Liliane Dlakic (Plaintiff) Michael John Vaughan (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: R Perla (Plaintiff) M Evans (Defendant)