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MASTORIS v JANKOWSKI
SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES — COURT OF APPEAL
KIRBY P, SHELLER JA and POWELL JA
5 June 1995
[1995] NSWCA 278
PRACTICE & PROCEDURE — appeal — leave to appeal — discretionary decision
— no issue of principle — suggested error of fact finding and injustice — held: Leave
refused.
Kirby PI think there may have been some injustice to the. claimant. On the
other hand, I can see no error of principle in the approach which Brownie J took
or in the effect of the determinations which he made. That determination was
open to him in the way the evidence was presented. Accordingly, no reason of
principle sufficient to bring the matter on review to this Court has been
established.
In saying so, I do not at all rule out the rights of the claimant. If she were
advised to bring a fresh application the matter could be placed for reconsideration
in the trial Division of this Court. There, the judge would not be required to limit
the Court's interference in discretionary decisions of this kind. Legal principle
and the time available to the Court limit the Court of Appeal in such matters. That
is why the Supreme Court Act requires the appellants to secure leave.
The orders which I would propose are that the summons be dismissed. The
claimant is to pay the opponent's costs.
Sheller JA. I agree.
Powell JA. I also agree.
Kirby P. Such are the orders of the Court.
Orders accordingly.
Counsel for the claimant: C J Whitelaw
Solicitors for the claimant: Delichi and Co Solicitors
Counsel for the opponent: D W Elliott
Solicitors for the opponent: Garvis Solicitors
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