Firth v Leek & 7 Ors [2007] NSWSC 1007

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Firth v Leek & 7 Ors [2007] NSWSC 1007

HEARING DATE(S) : 3 September 2007

JUDGMENT DATE : 12 September 2007

JURISDICTION : Common Law

JUDGMENT OF : Associate Justice Harrison

DECISION : (1) The appeal is dismissed; (2) The decision of His Honour Magistrate Lulham dated 20 December 2006 is affirmed; (3) The summons filed 7 May 2007 is dismissed; (4) The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs as agreed or assessed.

CATCHWORDS : Appeal from Local Court, solicitor's lien, garnishee order

Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) - s 124 Local Court Act 1982 (NSW) - s 73 Unform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) - Part 39.41

CASES CITED : Firth v Centrelink & Anor [2002] NSWSC 564 Wedgwood; Exparte Bank of New Zealand (1993) 116 ALR 153

Stephen Paul Firth trading as Firths - The Compensation Lawyers - Plaintiff PARTIES : Cathy Leek - First Defendant Paul Hopkins, Ian Dalgleish, Mark Saunder, Michael McGrath, Craig Osborne, Michael Naughtin & Martin Cullen trading as Russell McLelland Brown - Second to Eighth Defendants

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 12441/2007

COUNSEL : Mr R Goodridge - Plaintiff Mr C W Robinson - Defendants

SOLICITORS : Firths - The Compensation Lawyers - Plaintiff Russell McLelland Brown Lawyers - Defendants

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Local Court

LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 13250/2002

LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Lulham LCM

LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION : 20 December 2006

LOWER COURT MEDIUM NEUTRAL CITATION : Firth v Leek [2006] NSWLC 49