Jeffreys v Sheer [2025] NSWCA 6

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Jeffreys v Sheer [2025] NSWCA 6 Hearing dates: 3 February 2025 Date of orders: 5 February 2025 Decision date: 05 February 2025 Before: McHugh JA Decision: The appellant's notice of motion eFiled on 17 January 2025 is dismissed Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Court of Appeal – application for pro bono referral – where application made shortly before listed hearing date – whether the respondent will suffer prejudice if hearing date is vacated – where applicant has recently directed substantial sums through his accounts – application refused Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 7.36 Cases Cited: Allchin v Hunter Water Corporation (No 2) [2024] NSWCA 315 Renshaw v New South Wales Lotteries Corporation Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCA 41 Sheer v Jeffreys [2024] NSWSC 1161 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Bruce Michael Jeffreys (Applicant) Itshak Sheer (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: In person (Applicant) M Hazan (Respondent)

Solicitors: In person (Applicant) UX Law (Respondent) File Number(s): 2024/381607 Publication restriction: Nil.

[Note: The Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 provide (Rule 36.11) that unless the Court otherwise orders, a judgment or order is taken to be entered when it is recorded in the Court's computerised court record system. Setting aside and variation of judgments or orders is dealt with by Rules 36.15, 36.16, 36.17 and 36.18. Parties should in particular note the time limit of fourteen days in Rule 36.16.]