Reid & Anor v Shearan & Anor [2002] NSWSC 902

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Reid & Anor v Shearan & Anor [2002] NSWSC 902 revised - 8/10/2002 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2097/2002 HEARING DATE(S) : 19 September 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 October 2002

William George Reid and Margaret Law Reid (Plaintiffs) PARTIES : John Charles Shearan and Joyce Evelyn Weller (Defendants) JUDGMENT OF : Acting Master Berecry

Mr P Friedlander (Plaintiffs) COUNSEL : Mr G Grinter (Defendants) Hartcher Reid with Writer Ryan Boesen (Plaintiffs) SOLICITORS : Cutlers The Law Firm (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Discontinuance - leave - entitlement to costs -reasonableness of plaintiffs' actions LEGISLATION CITED : Part 21 r 2 & Part 52A r 21 Supreme Court Rules Hill v Copeland [1999] NSWSC 632 (unreported BC9903587, Master Macready) Mulcahey v Wilkinson (1887) 9 ALT 22 Lambton & Co v Parkinson (1887) 35 WLR 545 CASES CITED : Denman Homes Pty Ltd v Madnara (unreported, Needham J, 14 September 1983) Garwolin Nominees Pty Ltd v Statewide Building Society (1984) VR 469 Telstra Corporation v Australian Telecommunications Authority (unreported Haynes J VICSC 10 June 1994) Australian Securities Commission v Aust-Homes Investments Ltd 34 FCR 194 Re Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs; Exparte QUIN 71 ALJR 533 McHugh J DECISION : (1) Leave be granted to the plaintiffs to file a notice of discontinue; (2) The defendants pay half the plaintiffs' costs.