Wentworth v Rogers [2002] NSWSC 921

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Wentworth v Rogers [2002] NSWSC 921 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 13494/01; 13492/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 10/09/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 4 October 2002

Katherine Wentworth - First Plaintiff PARTIES : Salvatore Russo - Second Plaintiff Gordon John Rogers - Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J

First Plaintiff in person COUNSEL : Mr D P F Officer QC/Ms V Culkoff - Second Plaintiff Mr P J Beazley, Solicitor - Defendant First Plaintiff in person SOLICITORS : Russo & Partners - Second Plaintiff Beazley Singleton - Defendant CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - re-opening after judgment - whether first instance judge should permit re-opening LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Act 1987 Autodesk Inc v Dyason (No 2) (1993) 176 CLR 300 Chapmans Ltd v Yandell [1999] NSWCA 361 Compagnie Noga D'Importation et D'Exportation SA v Abacha [2001] 3 All ER 513 De L v Director General, New South Wales Department of Community Services (No 2) (1997) 190 CLR 207 R v Nitin Giri (No 2) [2001] NSWCCA 234 Raybos Australia Pty Ltd v Tectran Corporation Pty Ltd (unreported, NSWCA, 8 July 1993, per Kirby P) Reynolds v Whittens [2002] NSWSC 155 CASES CITED : Saif Ali v Sydney Mitchell & Co [1980] AC 198 Smith v New South Wales Bar Association (No 2) (1992) 176 CLR 256 Stambulich v Ekamper [2002] WASCA 212 State Rail Authority (NSW) v Codelfa Construction (No 2) (1982) 150 CLR 29 Taylor v Lawrence [2002] 2 All ER 353 Wentworth v Wentworth (unreported, NSWCA, 30 November 1998) Wentworth v Wentworth [1999] NSWSC 638 Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council (No 2) (1982) 149 CLR 672 DECISION : Refer paragraph 12