Bailey v Bailey [2004] NSWSC 49

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Bailey v Bailey [2004] NSWSC 49 HEARING DATE(S) : 23 October 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 February 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Master McLaughlin DECISION : See paragraph 71.

CATCHWORDS : Practice and procedure - Pleading - Amendment of statement of claim - Whether proposed pleading discloses a reasonable cause of action - Unadministered estate - Nature of interest of beneficiaries therein - Cause of action pursuant to mediation agreement - Application for consolidation of proceedings. Conveyancing Act 1919 Crown Lands Act 1989 LEGISLATION CITED : Family Provision Act 1982 Supreme Court Rules Water Act 1912 Barnado's Homes v Special Income Tax Commissioners [1921] 2 AC 1 Barns v Barns [2003] HCA 9, 196 ALR 65 Blomley v Ryan (1956) 99 CLR 362 CASES CITED : Commissioner of Stamp Duties v Livingston (1964) 112 CLR 12 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Amadio (1982) 151 CLR 447 Earl of Chesterfield v Janssen (1751) 28 ER 82 Gonzales v Claridades [2003] NSWCA 227 (18 August 2003) Official Receiver in Bankruptcy v Schultz (1990) 170 CLR 306 Bruce Clyde Bailey (First Plaintiff 2313/02) Janet Beatrice Shafik Bailey (Second Plaintiff 2313/02) Arnold Neil Bailey (First Defendant 2313/02) Glennice Margaret Bailey (Second Defendant (2313/02) Annette Mavis Bailey (Third Defendant 2313/02) Terence Jessop (Fourth Defendant 2313/02) PARTIES : 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 2313/02) John Baines Cheadle and the other persons named in the Second Schedule to the Statement of Claim who constitute the partnership practising as Holman Webb, Lawyers (Sixth Defendants 2313/02) Arnold Neil Bailey (Plaintiff 5315/97) Bruce Clude Bailey and Janet Beatrice Shafik-Bailey as executors of the estate of the late Henry Neil Bailey (First Defendant 5315/97) Bruce Clyde Bailey (Second Defendant 5315/97) Janet Beatrice Shafik (Third Defendant 5315/97) Glennice Margaret Bailey (Fourth Defendant 5315/97) Annette Mavis Bailey (Fifth Defendant 5313/97) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2313/02; 5315/97 C.J. Bevan (Plaintiffs 2313/02, First, Second, Third Defendants 5315/97)) COUNSEL : L.J. Aitken (First Defendant 2313/02, Plaintiff 5315/97) G.A. Sirtes (Fourth Defendant 2313/02) Turner Freeman, Solicitors (Plaintiffs 2313/02, First, Second, Third, Fourth Defendants 5315/97) Bryan Gorman & Co, Solicitors (First Defendant 2313/02. Plaintiff 5315/97) SOLICITORS : Ebsworth & Ebsworth (Fourth Defendant 2313/02) Acuiti Legal (Fifth Defendant (2313/02) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Sixth Defendant 2313/02)