NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Knox Street Apartments v Roger Percival Flexman & ANOTHER [2002] NSWSC 102 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1212/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 22 February 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 February 2002
Knox Street Apartments PARTIES : Roger Percival Flexman Phillipa Margaret Flexman JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J at 1
COUNSEL : Mr B Coles QC and Mr G A Sirtes for the Plaintiff Mr D A Smallbone for the Defendant SOLICITORS : Mr LM S Pozniak for the Plaintiff Mr K A Bagley for the Defendant CATCHWORDS : Challenge to retainer of plaintiff's solicitor's - onus of proof - action instituted by solicitor on instructions by donees under power of attorney - no resolution of Board of Directors - power of attorney given under joint venture agreement - construction of power of attorney - refusal of leave to solicitor retained by directors to enter an appearance - rival claim to retainer noted. LEGISLATION CITED : Real Property Act 1900 Morgans Hill Gold Mining Co v Briscoe (1887) 8 NSWR 123 Harry s Bagg's Liquidation Warehouse Pty Ltd v Whittaker (1998) 44 NSWLR 421 A W & L M Forrest v BEamish (1998) 146 FLR 450 CASES CITED : Adams v London Motor Builders [1921] 1 KB 495 Halliday v Sacs Group Pty Ltd (23 December 1992, unreported) Halliday v High Performance Personnel Pty Ltd (1993) 113 ALR 637 Imray v Griffin (1889) 10 NSWR 114 Atkinson v Abbott (1855) 3 DREW 251 (61 ER 899) DECISION : Motion dismissed; See para 26
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