Kelly v Hogan [2004] NSWSC 238

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Kelly v Hogan [2004] NSWSC 238 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 & 12 March 2004 (and later submissions to 18 March 2004), 25 March 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 March 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity JUDGMENT OF : Austin J DECISION : Hearing dates vacated and stay granted

CATCHWORDS : EQUITY - solicitor's lien - whether available where solicitor does not make disclosure under s 75 of Legal Profession Act - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - determination of separate question - whether order should be made where solicitor seeks to establish lien but costs have not been assessed LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW) ss 175, 182, 208A, 208B Supreme Court Rules Pt 31 ABB Engineering Constructions Pty Ltd v Freight Rail Corporation [1999] NSWSC 1037 Ex parte Patience; Makinson v The Minister (1940) 40 SR(NSW) 96 Firth v Centrelink (2002) 55 NSWLR 451 Hathway v Cavanagh (2002) 43 ACSR 497 CASES CITED : Henry v Henry (1996) 185 CLR 571 In the Estate of Fuld, dec'd (No.4) [1967] 3 WLR 314 Investmentsource Corporation Pty Ltd v Knox Street Apartments Pty Ltd (2002) 56 NSWLR 27 Johns v Cassel (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Hodgson J, 15 March 1993, unreported) Re Nortex Pty Ltd (in liq) [2003] NSWSC 1036 Worrell v Power & Power (1993) 46 FCR 214 Timothy Denis Kelly (P1) Mary Anne Grieve (P2) PARTIES : Paul Martin Hogan (D1) Gabrielle Gould (D2) Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for The Archdiocese of Sydney (D3) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2592/03 W Haffenden (Ps) COUNSEL : D A Smallbone (D1) In person (D2) SOLICITORS : Rishworth Dodd & Co (Ps) Anthony J E Gould (D1)