Hillcrest (Ilford) Pty Ltd v Kingsford (Ilford) Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 284

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Hillcrest (Ilford) Pty Ltd v Kingsford (Ilford) Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 284

HEARING DATE(S) : 14 April 2010 JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Biscoe AJ

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 14 April 2010

CATCHWORDS : Practice and procedure - whether to grant leave to a person who is not a properly qualified legal practitioner.

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Hillcrest (Ilford) Pty Ltd (plaintiff) PARTIES : Kingsford (Ilford) Pty Ltd (first defendant) Donald Trevor Harding (second defendant)

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2010/00050000

Mr D Sulan (plaintiff) COUNSEL : Mr T Harding (in person) (defendants)

Aleco Vrisakis (plaintiff) SOLICITORS :

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION

BISCOE AJ

14 April 2010

2010/00050000 HILLCREST (ILFORD) PTY LTD v KINGSFORD (ILFORD) PTY LTD & ANOR EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT 1 HIS HONOUR: When this matter was called on for hearing this morning, Mr Ian Bruce Bell applied orally for leave to appear today on behalf of the second defendant, Mr Donald Trevor Harding. No prior notice of this application was given to the plaintiff or the Court. 2 Mr Bell has not been admitted to practice as a legal practitioner. He described his occupation as a consultant. He informed me from the bar table that he obtained a law degree in Queensland in 2004, that he holds a Queensland Bar practice course certificate, that he has an application pending in Queensland for admission as a legal practitioner, and that he has experience in litigation.

3 Upon my inquiring, Mr Bell told me that the reason Mr Harding has not retained a qualified legal practitioner to represent him is that Mr Harding feels he has been let down in the past by lawyers and does not want it to happen again.