Douglas & Anor v Madden & Ors (No 3) [2009] NSWSC 412

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Douglas & Anor v Madden & Ors (No 3) [2009] NSWSC 412

HEARING DATE(S) : 15 May 2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 22 May 2009

JUDGMENT OF : Schmidt AJ

DECISION : Orders made on 13 February 2009 be varied by replacing the words '4pm on 27 February' with the words '12 noon on 2 March 2009', and that the plaintiffs bear the defendants' costs of the motion, as agreed or assessed.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - judgments and orders - amending, varying and setting aside - order sought to vary self executing order - plaintiffs failure to comply with self executing order - short delay - representative error - orders varied - costs

LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

Douglas & Anor v Madden & Ors [2009] NSWSC 47 Douglas & Anor v Madden & Ors (No 2) [2009] NSWSC 194 Goodwill Group Pty Ltd v Pongrass Associates Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 1203 Itek Graphix Pty Ltd v Elliott (2002) 54 NSWLR 207 CASES CITED : Nominal Defendant v Manning (2000) 50 NSWLR 139 O'Neill v Kaddatz [1964] NSWR 1280 Rayscan Management Pty Ltd and Ors v Moodliar [2008] NSWSC 857 Smith v Morton (2004) 40 MVR 347 Sophron v The Nominal Defendant (1957) 96 CLR 469 Stollznow v Calvert [1980] 2 NSWLR 749

Troy Douglas (formerly known as Douglas Pestano) - First Plaintiff Morgan Price Limited - Second Plaintiff PARTIES : Phillip MacDonald Madden & Julia Anne Madden t/as Maddens Commercial Lawyers and/or Maddens Business & Property Lawyers - First Defendant Maddens Lawyers Business & Property Pty Limited - Second Defendant Andrew Tennent Sutherland, John Richard Cox, Christopher Hugh McCaffery,Timothy John Eakin, Michael John Patrick White & Michael Leo Stafford t/as Eakin McCaffrey Cox - Third Defendant