NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Slater v Guo [2023] NSWSC 1264 Hearing dates: 24 October 2023 Date of orders: 24 October 2023 Decision date: 25 October 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Real Property List Before: Richmond J Decision: Leave to amend refused. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — pleadings — amendment — application by defendant for leave to amend defence and cross-claim — leave refused Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Sch 2 – Australian Consumer Law Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) Cases Cited: Aon Risk Services Australia Limited v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175; [2009] HCA 27 Kelly v Mina [2014] NSWCA 9 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Samini Dwi Astuti Slater (Plaintiff) Aihua Guo (Defendant) MGL Lawyers (Proposed 4th Cross Defendant) Representation: Counsel: P Folino-Gallo (Plaintiff) KP Tang (Defendant) A Smorchevsky (Proposed 4th Cross Defendant)
Solicitors: Clear Lawyers (Plaintiff) Wood Marshall Williams (Defendant) Moray & Agnew (Proposed 4th Cross Defendant) File Number(s): 2022/25410 Publication restriction: Nil
JUDGMENT 1. These reasons concern the defendant's notice of motion filed on 18 August 2023, seeking leave to file an amended defence and an amended cross-claim. At the hearing on 24 October 2023, I dismissed the motion and indicated that I would publish my reasons as soon as practicable. These are my reasons.
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