Lewis v Nortex Pty Ltd (In Liq); Lamru Pty Ltd v Kation Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 271

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Lewis v Nortex Pty Ltd (In Liq); Lamru Pty Ltd v Kation Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 271 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3081/97; 1750/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 26 & 27 March 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 April 2002

3081/97 Peter Lawrence Lewis (P) Lamru Pty Ltd (Applicant) Kation Pty Ltd (Respondent) PARTIES : Brian Raymond Silvia (Liquidator) 1750/02 Lamru Pty Limited (P) Kation Pty Limited (D1) Peter Lawrence Lewis (D2) Mark Lewis (D3) JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J

J T Johnson (Kation P/L & P L Lewis) COUNSEL : S J Motbey (Lamru P/L) P A Somerset, Solicitor (Liquidator) M Wilks, Solicitor, later M P Cleary (M Lewis) Kemp Strang (P L Lewis & Kation P/L) SOLICITORS : Lyons & Lyons (Lamru P/L) Abbott Tout (Liquidator) Corrs Chambers Westgarth (M Lewis) CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE [90] - Supreme Court procedure - Practice under Supreme Court Rules - Parties - Representative orders - Whether person should be appointed to represent trust where no current trustee but the only two beneficiaries are parties. LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 471B Supreme Court Rules 1970 Part 8 rr 13 & 14 CASES CITED : Lewis v Nortex Pty Ltd (in Liq); Lamru Pty Ltd v Kation Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 249 DECISION : No separate representative of the beneficiaries of the Nortex Unit Trust should be appointed or joined as a defendant in the proceedings.