Metropolitan Petar v Mitreski [2010] NSWSC 1183

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Metropolitan Petar v Mitreski [2010] NSWSC 1183

HEARING DATE(S) : 10 August 2010 JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 10 August 2010

DECISION : Proceedings adjourned.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE – Supreme Court Procedure – New South Wales – Procedure under Uniform Civil Procedure Rules and other rules of court – Trial – adjournment – whether hearing should be adjourned for one day so that parties can conduct settlement negotiations

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

His Eminence Petar the Diocesan Bishop of the Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia & New Zealand (first plaintiff) The Very Reverend Father Mitko Mitrev (second plaintiff) Lambe Mitreski (defendant) Pero Damcevski (second defendant) PARTIES : Boris Minovski (third defendant) Eftim Eftimov (fourth defendant) Mile Marcevski (fifth defendant) Macedonian Orthodox Community Church St Petka Incorporated (sixth defendant) Naum Despotoski (eighth defendant) Attorney-General for the State of NSW (ninth defendant)

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 97/25609

Mr TGR Parker SC w Mr RE Steele (Ps) COUNSEL : Ms L Goodchild (D1-6, 8) Mr M Izzo (D9)

Sachs Gerace Lawyers (Ps) SOLICITORS : McConnell Jaffray Lawyers (D1-6, 8) Crown Solicitor (D9)

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION

BRERETON J

Tuesday, 10 August 2010

1997/25609 His Eminence Petar the Dicoesan Bishop of the Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand v Lambe Mitreski JUDGMENT (ex tempore) 1 HIS HONOUR: This, as all present know, is the seventh day of a trial that is set down for 20 days. It is the culmination of a protracted and bitter dispute between factions that have emerged in the Australia and New Zealand diocese of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, in particular in connection with that church at St Petka in Rockdale, New South Wales.