NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Doyles Construction Lawyers v D'Jamirze & anor [2004] NSWSC 507 HEARING DATE(S) : Thursday 3 June 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 June 2004 JURISDICTION: Common Law JUDGMENT OF : Michael Grove J at 1 DECISION : Orders sought in pars 2 and 7 of summons dismissed. Balance of summons stood over to a date to be fixed.
CATCHWORDS : SOLICITORS - COSTS - RIGHTS IN NATURE OF A LIEN OVER "FRUITS OF ACTION" - DECLARATORY ORDER SOUGHT - NO REASONABLE BASIS FOR DETERMINING APPRECIABLE RISK THAT FORMER CLIENTS WILL DEPRIVE SOLICITOR OF PROPER COSTS - OFFERS TO HOLD OR PAY INTO COURT SUM IN DISPUTE - IN FACT PAID INTO COURT - PROTECTION OF COURT BY DECLARATORY ORDER NOT SHOWN TO BE REQUIRED - BANKRUPTCY OF ONE OF TWO FORMER CLIENTS - NO DEMONSTRATION OF NEED FOR ORDER ARISING OUT OF THAT CIRCUMSTANCE LEGISLATION CITED : Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) Barker v St. Quintin (1844) 12 M & W 441 Ex parte Patience; Makinson v The Minister 1940 40 SR (NSW) 96 CASES CITED : Johns v Cassel (1993) FLC 92-364 Mercer v Graves 1872 LR 7 QB 499 Re Allied Glass Manufacturers Ltd (1936) 36 SR (NSW) 425 Twigg v Keady (1996) FLC 92-712 PARTIES : Doyles Constructions Lawyers v Alick D'Jamirze and Nickolai D'Jamirze t/as Plasterboard Professionals FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 12989/03 COUNSEL : J. Doyle, Solicitor (Plaintiff) J. Cameron, Solicitor (Defendants) SOLICITORS : Doyles Construction Lawyers (Plaintiff) Johninfo Lawyers (Defendants)
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION
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