NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Sinanovic v Bone [2025] NSWSC 144 Hearing dates: 21 February 2025 Date of orders: 21 February 2025 Decision date: 21 February 2025 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Faulkner J Decision: 1. The application for leave for Ms Maria Sinanaj to represent the Plaintiff is dismissed. 2. The Plaintiff pay the Defendants costs of the Notice of Motion dated 11 October 2024 and the oral application for leave for the Plaintiff to appear by a lay advocate, which costs include the costs of 22 October 2024 and 21 February 2025. 3. Stand the matter over to the Common Law Registrar on 8 April 2025. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application by plaintiff's former wife for leave to appear for him as lay representative in appeal from Local Court – plaintiff in need of representation by reason of medical condition and written language limitation – no suggestion that plaintiff cannot afford representation by a lawyer – plaintiff does not have faith in lawyers – application dismissed Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 17 Local Court Act 2007 (NSW), ss 39, 40, 69 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 7.1, 7.14 Cases Cited: Damjanovic v Maley [2002] NSWCA 230 Stokes v McCourt [2014] NSWSC 63 Teese v State Bank of New South Wales [2002] NSWCA 219 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Hakija Sinanovic (Plaintiff) Lunden Bone (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: B Haines (Defendant)
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