Li v Zhu [2024] NSWSC 270

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Li v Zhu [2024] NSWSC 270 Hearing dates: 19 March 2024 Date of orders: 19 March 2024 Decision date: 19 March 2024 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Elkaim AJ Decision: 1. The plaintiff has leave to file and serve, within 14 days, a further amended statement of claim in the form annexed to the affidavit of Mr Abbas Soukie dated 21 November 2023. 2. The plaintiff is to pay the defendants' costs thrown away by the whole of the amendments contained in the further amended statement of claim. 3. Each party is to pay its own costs of the notice of motion filed on 21 November 2023. 4. It is noted that the reference to the defendants in these orders is to the third, fourth, fifth and sixth defendants. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Pleadings – Amendment – Plaintiffs seek to file Further Amended Statement of Claim – Defendants' consent to substantive amendments but oppose deletion of a paragraph – No real prejudice to the defendants – Amendment allowed Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Jiawen Li (Plaintiff) Marlas Maole Zhu (First Defendant) Nina Flynn Zhu (Second Defendant) Perpetual Property Holdings Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) PIC Parramatta 1 Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant) Parkroyal Investments Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant) Cecil Developments Pty Ltd (Sixth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr S Ahmed (Plaintiff) Mr A Ogborne (Defendant)