NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Chen v Keddie [2009] NSWSC 762
HEARING DATE(S) : 3 August 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 7 August 2009
JUDGMENT OF : Davies J
DECISION : Parties to bring in Short Minutes of Order.
CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - costs - security for costs - Plaintiff is a foreign national residing in China - claim against former solicitors regarding settlement of motor vehicle proceedings - limited evidence of Plaintiff's financial position - no asserted link between Plaintiff's financial position and Defendants' acts and omissions - potential for stultification of the proceedings if order for security made - security ordered in stages - UCPR Part 42.21(1)(a).
LEGISLATION CITED : Uniform Civil Procedure Rules
Brundza v Robbie and Co (No. 2) (1952) 88 CLR 171 Fiduciary Ltd v Morningstar Research Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 664 KP Cable Investments Pty Ltd v Meltglow Pty Ltd (1995) 56 FCR 189 CASES CITED : Melville v Craig Nowlan & Associates Pty Ltd (2001) 54 NSWLR 82 Perform (NSW) Pty Ltd v Mev-Aus [2008] NSWSC 1329 PS Chellaram & Co Ltd v China Ocean Shipping Co (1991) 102 ALR 321 Singer v Berghouse [1993] HCA 35; (1993) 114 ALR 521; (1993) 67 ALJR 708
Xi (Cissy) Chen (Plaintiff) Russell Keddie (First Defendant) PARTIES : Tony Barakat (Second Defendant) Scott Roulstone (Third Defendant) David Marocchi (Fourth Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 09/20019
COUNSEL : A Black (Plaintiff) R Seton SC and D A Lloyd (Defendants)
SOLICITORS : Stacks/Goudkamp (Plaintiff) HWL Ebsworth Lawyers (Defendants)
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