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New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : SHORT v DELANY & ORS [1999] NSWSC 1293 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Civil FILE NUMBER(S) : 20465/94 HEARING DATE(S) : 15/02/99, 16/02/99, 17/02/99, 18/02/99, 22/02/99, 23/02/99, 24/02/99, 28/04/99, 23/12/99 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 December 1999
PARTIES : Lesley Lorraine Short (Plaintiff) P G Delany, P N Coumbs, J P Rowen, P T Hayson, J S Currie, J C Hartigan, R A Todd, G Miles, J W Kenny, J S Goldstein all trading as Laurence & Laurence (Defendants) JUDGMENT OF : Adams J at 1
COUNSEL : Mr D H Murr SC (Plaintiff) Mr D Grieve QC (Defendants) SOLICITORS : Rockliffs (Plaintiff) Phillips (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Professional negligence; matrimonial dispute; settlement; failure to investigate husband's assets; effect on settlement ACTS CITED : Family Law Act 1975 In the Marriage of Soblusky (1976) 2FamLR 11, 528; FLC 90-124; In the Marriage of Willett (1976) 1 FamLR 11, 248; FLC 90-022; In the Marriage of Ferguson (1978) 4 FamLR 312; FLC 90-500; In the Marriage of Meuller and Hegedues (1979) 5 FamLN 14; FLC 90-708; Kowaliw v Kowaliw (1981) FLC 91- 0 -19; CASES CITED : In the Marriage of Townsend (1995) FLC 92-569; In the Mariage of Oriolo (1985) FLC 91-653; Penfold v Penfold (1980) FLC 90-800; In the Marriage of Weir (1993) FLC 92-338; Burridge & Burridge (1980) FLC 90-902; Harris v & Harris (1993) FLC 92-378; Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 DECISION : See paragraph 80
61 THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION ADAMS J 23 DECEMBER 1999 20465/94 SHORT v DELANY & ORS JUDGMENT
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