NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Bastas v Hodes [2009] NSWSC 968
HEARING DATE(S) : 14 September 2009 JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 14 September 2009
DECISION : Application refused.
CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - Miscellaneous Procedural Matters - Amendments - amendment sought on first day of a four day trial to extend from 65 to 196 the number of entities said to have been solicited by the defendant to take their work to another firm of chartered accountants he was to join and to bifurcate the hearing into one as to liability and one as to damages - defendant would seek adjournment if amendments allowed - no explanation of delay in bringing the application - clear prejudice if proceeding bifurcated - Aon Risk Services Australia Limited v Australian National University [2009] HCA 27 (2009) 83 ALJR 951 considered
LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005
CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings
State of Queensland v JL Holdings Pty Ltd [1997] HCA 1; (1996-1997) 189 CLR 146 CASES CITED : Sali v SPC Ltd [1993] HCA 47; (1993) 67 ALJR 841 Dekkan v Picciau [2008] NSWCA 18 Aon Risk Services Australia Limited v Australian National University [2009] HCA 27; (2009) 83 ALJR 951
Elias Bastas (First plaintiff) PARTIES : David Millard Lawson (Second plaintiff) David Rooney (Third plaintiff) John Edward Hodes (Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3346/07
COUNSEL : P O'Loughlin (Plaintiffs) A McInerney (Defendant)
SOLICITORS : JGP Lawyers (Plaintiffs) HWL Ebsworth Lawyers (Defendant)
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