NSW Caselaw
Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Odlum v Friend [2024] NSWCA 159 Hearing dates: 28 May 2024 Date of orders: 03 July 2024 Decision date: 03 July 2024 Before: Leeming JA at [1]; Mitchelmore JA at [2]; Harrison CJ at CL at [109] Decision: (1) The appeal is dismissed. (2) The appellant is to pay the respondents' costs of the appeal. Catchwords: NEGLIGENCE — professional negligence — advice about settlement and cost consequences — breach — causation Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 42.15, 42.15A Cases Cited: Bowling v Bowling [2010] NSWSC 916 Bowling v Bowling [2011] NSWSC 1168 Bowling v Bowling (No 3) [2012] NSWSC 1069 Lee v Lee (2019) 266 CLR 129; [2019] HCA 28 Odlum v Friend & Anor [2022] NSWSC 574 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Judith Odlum (Appellant) Stephen Friend t/as Friend and Co Lawyers (First Respondent) Andrew Paterson (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Appellant (Self-represented) D A Lloyd SC / G Marsden (Respondents)
Solicitors: Mullane & Lindsay Solicitors (First Respondent) Carter Newell Lawyers (Second Respondent) File Number(s): 2022/00180452 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Supreme Court Jurisdiction: Common Law Citation: Odlum v Friend & Anor [2022] NSWSC 574 Date of Decision: 12 May 2022 Before: Cavanagh J File Number(s): 2017/00378597
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