NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : GROGAN v ORR [2001] NSWCA 114 revised - 3/08/2001 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40592/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 2 April 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 August 2001
PARTIES : Dennis Patrick Grogan and Lewis James Webb - Appellants Leonard Cornelius Orr - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Sheller JA at 2; Powell JA at 72
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division LOWER COURT 10846/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Sperling J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : A Robertson SC/M J Leeming - Appellant I M Wales SC - Respondent SOLICITORS : Turtons - Appellant Stuart & Mills - Respondent CATCHWORDS : LEGAL PRACTIONERS - solicitor's liability to account pursuant to an irrevocable authority despite new instructions - whether such authority constituted an equitable assignment of future property - whether consideration provided - whether a lien was held over the proceeds of sale of the property which a solicitor had helped the client to receive - whether solicitor was guilty of laches. LEGISLATION CITED : Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) Alliance Bank (Ltd) v Broom (1964) 2 Dr & Sm 289; 62 ER 631 Ex parte Patience; Makinson v The Minister (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 96 Fleet v Perrins [1868] LR 2 QB 536 Griffin v Weatherby [1868] LR 3 QB 753 H S Bird & Co v T he Ship 'Karu' (1927) 27 SR (NSW) 476 Johns v Cassel (1993) FLC 92-364 Laurie & Morewood v Dudin & Sons [1926] 1 KB 223 Ormerod v Tate (1801) 1 East 464; 102 ER 179 CASES CITED: Re a Barrister and Solicitor (1979) 40 FLR 26 Read v Dupper (1795) 6 TR 361; 101 ER 595 Ross v Buxton [1889] LR 42 ChD 190 The Paris [1896] P 77 Townsend v Reade [1835] 4 LJ Ch 233 Twigg v Keady (1996) FLC 92-712 Walker v Rostron [1842] 9 M & W 411; 152 ER 174 Welsh v Hole (1779) 1 Dougl 238; 99 ER 155 Worrell v Power & Power (1993) 46 FCR 214 DECISION : 1. Appeal allowed with costs; 2. Set aside the orders made by Sperling J on 15 July 1999; 3. In lieu thereof, judgment for the first and second defendants in the proceedings below with costs.
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