Metropolitan Petar v Mitreski [2004] NSWSC 439

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Metropolitan Petar v Mitreski [2004] NSWSC 439 HEARING DATE(S) : 21 May 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 May 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J DECISION : Timetable suspended and fixture vacated.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE [32] - Courts and Judges generally - Courts - Adjournment - Discretion of Court - Late application - Refusal of adjournment likely to lead to defendants being unrepresented in proceedings which are difficult, complicated and technical. LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules 1970 Part 70 r 6 Trustee Act 1925 s 63 Application of Macedonian Orthodox Community Church of St Petka Incorporated [2004] NSWSC 388 Frugtniet v State Bank of New South Wales [1999] NSWCA 458 CASES CITED : Metropolitan Petar v Mitreski [2003] NSWSC 262 Metropolitan Petar v Mitreski [2004] NSWSC 122 Sarli v SPC Limited (1993) 67 ALJR 841 Spencer v VMD Packaging Pty Limited [2001] NSWCA 118 His Grace Metropolitan Petar, the Diocesan Bishop of the Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (P1) The Very Reverend Father Mitko Mitrev (P2) Lambe Mitreski (D1) Pero Damceski (D2) PARTIES : Boris Minovski (D3) Eftim Eftimov (D4) Mile Marcevski (D5) Macedonian Orthodox Community Church St Petka Incorporated (D6) Naum Despotovski (D8) Attorney General for State of NSW (D9) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3369/97 T G R Parker and R E Steele (Ps) COUNSEL : G O Blake SC (D1 - 6 & D8) V Colaluce (Solicitor) (D9) Sachs Gerace Lawyers (Ps) SOLICITORS : McConnell Jaffray (D1 - 6 & 8) I V Knight, Crown Solicitor (D9)