Sayed v Deng [2012] NSWSC 851

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Sayed v Deng [2012] NSWSC 851 Hearing dates: 20 July 2012 Decision date: 20 July 2012 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: 1. Summons dismissed. 2. Plaintiff to pay defendant's costs. Catchwords: APPEAL - leave sought to appeal interlocutory decision - response to letter of demand enclosed cheque for part of sum demanded and stated that the banking of the cheque constituted acceptance of that sum as full settlement of debt - whether lower court erred in failing to find that the banking of the cheque constituted accord and satisfaction of debt such that defendant's pleadings for remainder of debt disclosed no reasonable cause of action - whether lower court erred in refusing to summarily dismiss or strike out - whether leave should be granted to appeal - whether legal novelty of claim warrants transfer of proceedings. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 - s 73, s 140 Local Court Act 2007 - s 39, s 40 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 - r 13.4(1)(b), r 14.28(1) Cases Cited: - Agar v Hyde [2000] HCA 41; (2000) 201 CLR 552 - Ashton v Pratt (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 3 - Ciszek v Enterprise Financial Solutions Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 1265 - Coulter v R [1988] HCA 3; (1988) 164 CLR 350 - Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners [1949] HCA 1; (1949) 78 CLR 62 - General Steel Industries Incorporated v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) [1964] HCA 69; (1964) 112 CLR 125 - JP Morgan Australia Ltd v Consolidated Minerals Ltd [2010] NSWSC 100 - McMahon's (Transport) Pty Ltd v Ebbage (1999) 1 Qd R 185 - Wiseman v MQH Developments (unrep SCV 8284/96 19.05.97) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Randa Abdel Sayed (Plaintiff) Michael Shan Min Deng (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: N.J. Allan (Plaintiff) M. Hodges (Sol) (Defendant) Solicitors: Rostron Carlyle, Brisbane (Plaintiff) Mark Hodges (Defendant) File Number(s): 2012/136556