NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Pestano & Anor v Madden & Ors [2007] NSWSC 545
HEARING DATE(S) : 15 May 2007
JUDGMENT DATE : 30 May 2007
JURISDICTION : 20435/05
JUDGMENT OF : Smart AJ at 1
DECISION : See paras 58-60
CATCHWORDS : Application for Security for costs and stay - Co-plaintiffs - Individual and Corporation - Corporation unable to meet anticipated costs - Substantial overlapping of factual matters on liability - hearing actions together not materially increasing hearing time and costs - likely costs order against both plaintiffs if they lose - Security not ordered.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 Corporations Act 2001 LEGISLATION CITED : Defamation Act 2005 s 9 Defamation Act 1974 s 8A Financial Services Reform Act 2002 (Cth)
Fiduciary v Morning Star [2004] NSWSC Harpur v Andrews Australia Limited 1984 1 Qd R CASES CITED : Interwest Ltd v Tricontinental Corp Ltds (1991) 5 ASCR Roach & Ors v Page & Ors (No 1) [2003] NSWSC Winnote Pty Ltd (In Liq) & Anor v Page & Ors (2005) 64 NSWLR
PARTIES : Douglas Pestano & Morgan Price Pty Limited v Madden & Ors
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20435/05
(P) Mr R Sheldon COUNSEL : (D1 & D2) Mr Nguyen (solr) (D3) Mr R Beech-Jones SC
(P) Bryan Gorman & Co SOLICITORS : (D1 & D2) Ebsworth & Ebsworth (D3) Middletons
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION
SMART AJ
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
20435/05: DOUGLAS PESTANO & MORGAN PRICE PTY LIMITED v MADDEN & ORS JUDGMENT
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate