Parker v Muir Family Investments Adoption of Referee's Report [2002] NSWSC 240

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Parker v Muir Family Investments Adoption of Referee's Report [2002] NSWSC 240 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3293 of 2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 19, 20 March 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 March 2002

Morgan Ross Parker (First Plaintiff) SSOR Pty Ltd (Second Plaintiff) Muir Family Investments Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Thomas Robert Holden Muir (Second Defendant) PARTIES : Atalya Pty Limited (Third Defendant) Carl Oscar Peterson (Fourth Defendant) Piaster Pty Limited (as Trustee for the Bensan Discretionary Trust) (Fifth Defendant) Jonathan Alfred Grey Trollip (Sixth Defendant) Meridian International Capital Ltd (Seventh Defendant) Kingston Factors Pty Limited (Eighth Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Windeyer J at 1

COUNSEL : R. McDougall QC with him Mr R V Gray (Plaintiffs) S G Finch SC with him Mr S Burley (Defendants) SOLICITORS : Frank G Kalyk (Plaintiffs) Kemp Strang (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE - Adoption of Referee's Report - determination of assets and liabilities of a partnership at 30 June 2000 - Supreme Court Rules 1970 Pt72 LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules Pt 72 Chloride Batteries Australia Limited v Glendale Chemical Products Pty Limited (1988) 17 NSWLR 60 CASES CITED : Foxman Holdings Pty Limited v NMBE Pty Limited (1995) NSWLR 615 and Super Pty Limited v SJD Formwork (Australia) Pty Ltd (1992) 29 NSWLR 549 DECISION : See paragraph 26