Islam v Mitry Lawyers Pty Ltd t/as Mitry Lawyers Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 700

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Islam v Mitry Lawyers Pty Ltd t/as Mitry Lawyers Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 700 Hearing dates: 23 June 2023 Date of orders: 27 June 2023 Decision date: 27 June 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Davies J Decision: 1. Summons dismissed pursuant to r 13.4 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW). 2. Plaintiff to pay defendant's costs of the proceedings. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE - commencement of proceedings – summons – tortious claims – order that proceedings continue on pleadings – failure by plaintiff to file statement of claim in accordance with registrar's orders – where defendant acted for opposing party to plaintiff in earlier litigation – where summons claimed liquidate sum from defendant – proceedings summarily dismissed Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) ss 56, 58 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 6.3, 12.7, 13.4, 13.6. 14.28 Cases Cited: Al-Kandari v J R Brown & Co [1988] QB 665 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Hill v Van Erp (1997) 188 CLR 159 Islam v Australian Real Estate Relations Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 131 Maronis Holdings Limited v Nippon Credit Australia Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 448; 38 SCR 404 RatuI v Islam; In the matter of Australian Real Estate Relation Pty Limited [2023] NSWSC 78 Sullivan v Moody (2001) 207 CLR 562; [2001] HCA 59 Texts Cited: Abadee, Zipser, Sirtes and O'Keefe, Professional Liability in Australia (4th Ed., 2023, Thompson Reuters) Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Md Rajibul Islam (Plaintiff) Mitry Lawyers Pty Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: No appearance (Plaintiff) P Bolster (Defendant)