Daniel Rory de Groot (an infant by his tutor Arlena Van Oosten) v The Nominal Defendant [2004] NSWCA 88

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Daniel Rory de Groot (an infant by his tutor Arlena Van Oosten) v The Nominal Defendant [2004] NSWCA 88 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 October 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 March 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Handley JA at 1 DECISION : 1. Claims 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the notice of motion of 16 July 2003 dismissed.; 2. Notice of appeal with appointment filed on 27 March 2003 struck out.; 3. Leave to file and serve a further notice of appeal within 28 days.; 4. Claim 6 in the notice of motion dismissed.; 5. No order as to the costs of the motion.; 6. Notice of motion stood over to 16 April 2004 at 9.30 am to enable directions to be given for the further hearing of these proceedings on the issues raised under SCR Pt 52A rr 43 and 43A.

CATCHWORDS : APPEAL - competency - appealable amount - plaintiff claiming increased damages of appealable amount - appeal competent - APPEAL - practice - prolix notice of appeal - struck out - APPEAL - practice - notice of appeal alleging actual bias of trial judge - grounds expressed in scandalous terms - filed without express instructions of appellant - struck out - APPEAL - practice - security for costs of appeal - personal injury case - appellant impecunious - no order for security for costs of appeal - COURTS and JUDGES - actual bias - not to be alleged without express instructions - D LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules 1970 Clyne v NSW Bar Association (1960) 104 CLR 186 Cole v The Commonwealth (1961) 106 CLR 653 Fox v Percy (2003) 77 ALJR 989 CASES CITED : Porter v Gordian Runoff Ltd & Anor [2004] NSWCA 69 Re J R L Ex parte C J L (1986) 161 CLR 342 Re Shaw Ex parte Shaw (1981) 55 ALJR 12 Vakauta v Kelly (1989) 167 CLR 568 PARTIES : Daniel Rory de Groot (an infant by his tutor Arlena Van Oosten) (Appellant) The Nominal Defendant (Respondent) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40998/02 COUNSEL : A B Shand QC/P McGuiness (Appellant) J Poulos QC/J Morris/S Kerrigan (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Conroy & Stewart (Appellant) Abbott Tout (Respondent)