Schwartz v Bentwood [2002] NSWSC 1020

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Schwartz v Bentwood [2002] NSWSC 1020 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5315/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 28/10/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 October 2002

Schwartz Family Co Pty Limited - Plaintiff Judith Joan Bentwood - First Defendant Jerry Leslie Schwartz - Second Defendant Eve Veronica Schwartz as executor of the estate of the late Bela Schwartz - Third Defendant PARTIES : George Michael Kritzler as executor of the estate of the late Bela Schwartz - Fourth Defendant Eve Veronica Schwartz - Fifth Defendant Adlen Investments Pty Ltd - Sixth Defendant Liliana Di Napoli-Schwartz - Seventh Defendant Kinky Holdings Pty Limited - Eighth Defendant Sophie Bentwood - Ninth Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J

Mr P Strasser - Plaintiff - Mentions Second to Sixth and Eighth Defendants COUNSEL : Ms B Carroll, Solicitor - First Defendant Mr J Burreket, Solicitor - Seventh Defendant Ms J Needham - Ninth Defendant Lang Gellert & Noonan - Plaintiff Parry Carroll - First Defendant Turner Whelan - Second Defendant SOLICITORS : Teece Hodgson & Ward - Third and Fourth Defendants Anne Einfeld - Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Defendants Broun Abrahams - Seventh Defendant Tress Cocks & Maddox - Ninth Defendant CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - joinder of minor as defendant - appointment of tutor - whether solicitor should be appointed on the basis that he may act without employing another solicitor LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules CASES CITED : Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v P (1987) 11 NSWLR 200 Loorham v Loorham (1947) 65 WN (NSW) 98 DECISION : Orders made