Bailey v Bailey [2004] NSWSC 448

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Bailey v Bailey [2004] NSWSC 448 HEARING DATE(S) : 18 May 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 June 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity JUDGMENT OF : Campbell J DECISION : Time for appeal extended. Application to strike out appeal dismissed. Appeal dismissed

CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - pleading - amendment of statement of claim - whether proposed pleading discloses a reasonable cause of action - unadministered estate - nature of beneficiaries therein - cause of action pursuant to mediation agreement - whether possible for all beneficiaries of estate and executors to agree that particular assets will be distributed to particular people. Bailey v Bailey [2004] NSWSC 49 CASES CITED : Commissioner of Stamp Duties (Q) v Livingston (1964) 112 CLR 12 Official Receiver in Bankruptcy v Shultz and Another (1990) 170 CLR 306 Bruce Clyde Bailey - First Plaintiff Janet Beatrice Shafik Bailey - Second Plaintiff Arnold Neil Bailey - First Defendant PARTIES : Glennice Margaret Bailey - Second Defendant Annette Mavis Bailey - Third Defendant Terence Jessop - Fourth Defendant Robert Walter Locke and the other persons named in the first schedule to the statement of claim who constitute the partnership practising as Locke O'Reilly McHugh Solicitors - Fifth Defendants John Baines Cheadle and the other persons named in the second schedule of the statement of claim who constitute the partnership practicing as Holman Webb Lawyers - Sixth Defendants FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2313/02 COUNSEL : C J Bevan - Plaintiffs L J Aitkin - First Defendant SOLICITORS : Turner Freeman - Plaintiffs Bryan Gorman & Co - First Defendant