Bruce Clyde BAILEY & Anor v Arnold Neil Bailey & Ors [2002] NSWSC 1168

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Bruce Clyde BAILEY & Anor v Arnold Neil Bailey & Ors [2002] NSWSC 1168 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2313/2002 HEARING DATE(S) : 28/11/2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 December 2002

Bruce Clyde BAILEY - First Plaintiff Janet Beatrice Shafik BAILEY - Second Plaintiff Arnold Nail BAILEY - First Defendant PARTIES : Glennice Margaret BAILEY - Second Defendant ANNETTE MAVIS BAILEY - Third Defendant TERENCE JESSOP - Fourth Defendant Robert Wsalter LOCKE & Ors constituting partnership Locke O'Reilly McHugh - Fifth Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Acting Master Berecry at 1

COUNSEL : Mr C. Bevan - Plaintiffs Mr L J Aitken - Defendants SOLICITORS : Turner Freeman - Plaintiffs Bryan Gorman & Co - First Defendant CATCHWORDS : STRIKE OUT - Failure to disclose a reasonable cause of action - right to immediate distribution prior to estate being administered - mediation agreement - breach thereof - damages - extent - special damages - tests - need to plead duress not merely breach of contract. LEGISLATION CITED : Family Provision Act Water Act Barnardos Homes v Special Income Tax Commissioners (1921) 2 AC 1 CASES CITED : The Commissioner of Stamp Duties (Q'ld) v Livingston (1964) 112 CLR 12 H. Parsons (Livestock) Limited v Uttley Ingham & Co Limited (1978) QB 791 DECISION : 1. Paragraph 19 struck out with leave to replead 2. Paragraphs 20 to 29 struck out with leave to replead 3. Leave granted to plaintiffs to amend Statement of Claim 4. No order in relation to paragraph 37 5. Grant leave to plaintiffs to file and serve cross-claim in the second partnership proceedings 6. Each party pay their own costs of the application.