Davies & Ors v Camilleri & Anor [2000] NSWSC 904

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Davies & Ors v Camilleri & Anor [2000] NSWSC 904 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 11969/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 15/05/00, 16/05/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 September 2000

Arthur Edward Davies - first plaintiff Kathleen Elizabeth Davies - second plaintiff PARTIES : Barbara Andrew - third plaintiff Elizabeth Anne Camilleri - first defendant Graham Keith Barnett t/a MacKellar Crain & Barnett Solicitors - second defendant JUDGMENT OF : Bell J at 1

C Newlinds- 1st, 2nd and 3rd plaintiffs COUNSEL : S Dowling - first defendant GA Sirtes - second defendant Maurice May & Co - 1st, 2nd and 3rd plaintiffs SOLICITORS : Meyer Clapham - 1st defendant Mallesons Stephen Jaques - 2nd defendant CATCHWORDS : Possession - enforcement of mortgage security - defences of unconscionability and under Contracts Review Act - breach of implied terms of solicitor's retainer - professional negligence - solicitor. LEGISLATION CITED : Contracts Review Act 1980 Commercial Bank of Australia Limited v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447; Blomley v Ryan (1956) 99 CLR 362; Idameneo No 9 v Bankesi (1991) ASC 56047; West v AGC (Advances) Ltd (1986) 5 NSWLR 610 @ 626; Hogan v Howard Finance Ltd (1987) ASC 55-594; CASES CITED : Collier v Morlend Finance Corporation (Victoria) Pty Ltd (1989) NSW Conv R 55-473; Roberts v Goldenberg (1997) ANZ Conv R 55-809at 56,364.5; Citicorp Australia Ltd v O'Brien (1996) 40 NSWKLR 398; Gellert v Bellamy [1999] NSWCA 123; Ellis v Wallsend District Hospital (1989) 17 NSWLR 553 @ 560; Astley v Austrust Ltd (1999) 73 ALJR 403. DECISION : Judgment for plaintiffs against first defendant; Judgment for first defendant/cross-claimant against second defendant/cross defendant; Plaintiffs' claim against second defendant stood over generally.