Wakim v Tadros [2012] NSWSC 700

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Wakim v Tadros [2012] NSWSC 700 Hearing dates: 08/06/2012 Decision date: 08 June 2012 Jurisdiction: Equity Division - Commercial List Before: McDougall J Decision: Refuse leave to amend. Liberty to plaintiff to reformulate proposed amendments. Plaintiff to pay respondent's costs. Catchwords: [PROCEDURE] - civil - leave sought to amend statement of claim - whether claim properly pleaded and particularised - whether plaintiff should be given an opportunity to propound a revised version of the pleading.

[LIMITATION OF ACTIONS] - limitation defence - whether plaintiff's cause of action is statue barred. Legislation Cited: Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) Cases Cited: Aon Risk Services Australia Limited v Australian National University [2009] 239 CLR 175 Equuscorp Pty Limited v Haxton (2012) 86 ALJR 296 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Elias George Wakim (Plaintiff) Anthony Tadros (First Defendant) J&R Investment Services Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) Joseph Wakim (Third Defendant) Rita Wakim (Fourth Defendant) Ben Anthony Kannan (Fifth Defendant) Marie Kannan (Sixth Defendant) Sayed El Hawache (Seventh Defendant) James Jospeh Lahood (Eighth Defendant) Moussa Wakim (Ninth Defendant) CBD Tax Pty Ltd (Tenth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: K Odgers (Plaintiff) C Robinson (First Respondent) S R Donaldson SC / S A Adair (Second Respondent) Solicitors: Mee Ling (Plaintiff) Cambridge Law (Ninth Defendant) Sparke Helmore (Tenth Defendant) File Number(s): 2007/257897