Firth v Hsu [2013] NSWSC 910

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Firth v Hsu [2013] NSWSC 910 Hearing dates: 9 July 2013 Decision date: 09 July 2013 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Schmidt J Decision: 1. That the second defendant pay into court the sum of $115,940, until further order of the Court. 2. That the plaintiff serve the summons, together with Mr McQuilkin's affidavit, exhibit 1, and these reasons upon Ms Hsu, together with any other necessary documents in these proceedings, by email at the address nominated in paragraph 7 of the summons filed on 27 June, and at the street address which appears in the correspondence received by the second defendant from Ms Hsu, which forms part of exhibit 1. 3. That the matter come before the Registrar on 30 July 2013 for directions. 4. Costs are reserved. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - payment of funds - funds presently held by second defendant - order seeking the disputed sum be paid either into plaintiff's trust account or into court, pending determination of the issues - sum to be paid into court - orders made Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Stephen Paul Firth trading as Firths, The Compensation Lawyers (Plaintiff) Li Ching Hsu (First Defendant) Maxwell Donnelly as trustee of the bankrupt estates of Russell Walter Keddie, Tony Barakat and Scott Roulstone (Second Defendants) Representation: Counsel: Mr R Goodridge (Plaintiff) Solicitors: Firths, The Compensation Lawyers (Plaintiff) No appearance (First Defendant) Church & Grace (Second Defendant) File Number(s): 2013/196267 Publication restriction: None