Radmanovich v Nedeljkovic [2003] NSWSC 350

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Radmanovich v Nedeljkovic [2003] NSWSC 350 HEARING DATE(S) : 09/04/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 April 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J DECISION : Appeal declared competent. Time for filing notice of appeal extended. Appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS - expulsion, suspension and disqualification of members - construction of rules of local church-school community - rule stating that members of community are "only" certain "members" of church - rule stating that certain persons "ineligible for membership" of community - status under rules of existing members later sentenced by church court to excommunication for a period - effect on church membership of church by-laws defining nature and consequences of excommunication - APPEAL - decision of master after referral by judge - whether appeal to Court of Appeal or to single judge - whether subject of referral to master was "trial or hearing of proceedings" or "matter" - APPEAL - extension of time for appeal - appeal instituted within time but by wrong process and to wrong court - correct process filed out of time - whether time should be extended LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act, s.101 Supreme Court Rules, Pt 60 rules 10, 11, 17, Sch D Pt 3 Re Anglo-Moravian Hungarian Junction Railway Co (Forbes' case) (1873) LR 8 Ch App 769 Blake v Norris (1990) 20 NSWLR 300 Braeside v Brignell [1996] 1 VR 17 Cameron v Hogan (1934) 51 CLR 358 Re Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904; Ex parte Sims (unreported, FCA, J B Sweeney J, 16 October 1980) Crumblin v Kerr (1987) 72 ALR 461 Dawson v African Consolidated Land and Trading Co [1898] 1 Ch 6 Demaree v Scates 32 P 1123 (1893) Do Carmo v Ford Excavations Pty Ltd [1980] 1 NSWLR 409 Faramus v Film Artistes' Association [1963] 2 QB 527 Faramus v Film Artistes' Association [1964] AC 950 Government Insurance Office of New South Wales v Weeks [1981] 1 NSWLR 713 Hills v Higgins (1982) 61 FLR 131 Jackamarra v Krakover (1998) 195 CLR 516 CASES CITED : McCoy v Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County 114 P 2d 569 (1941) Navarro v Spanish-Australian Club of Canberra (1987) 87 FLR 390 Palata Investments Ltd v Burt & Sinfield Ltd [1985] 1 WLR 942 Pasdale Pty Ltd v Concrete Constructions Pty Ltd (1995) 59 FCR 446 People v Leonard 14 P 853 (1887) Radmanovich v Nedeljkovic (2001) 52 NSWLR 641 Radmanovich v Nedeljkovic [2002] NSWSC 212 Radmanovich v Nedeljkovic [2002] NSWSC 763 Reynolds v Panten (1999) 23 WAR 215 State ex rel Olson v Langer 256 NW 377 (1934) Stollznow v Calvert [1980] 2 NSWLR 749 Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531 Wilcox v Kogarah Golf Club Ltd (1995) 14 ACLC 421 Williams v Hursey (1959) 103 CLR 30 Woodford v Smith [1970] 1 WLR 806 Maksim Radmanovich - First Appellant Stevan Dobrich - Second Appellant PARTIES : Drago Mijakovac - Third Appellant Kosta Nedeljkovic - First Respondent Nicola Lukic - Second Respondent Duro Radan - Third Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1354/99 COUNSEL : Mr G B Colyer - Appellants Mr S A Glacken - Respondents SOLICITORS : McCabe Terrill - Appellants Nicholas G Pappas & Company - Respondents