YZ v Amazon (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 415

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: YZ v Amazon (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 415 Hearing dates: 7 April 2014 Decision date: 07 April 2014 Before: McCallum J Decision: Plaintiff referred to the Registrar for referral to a barrister or solicitor on the pro bono panel for legal assistance in settling an amended statement of claim. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - self-represented litigant - where statement of claim drafted by plaintiff struck out as embarrassing - plaintiff failing to serve amended pleading within time allowed - whether proceedings should be struck out for want of due despatch Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: YZ v Amazon [2013] NSWSC 1522 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: YZ (plaintiff) Amazon (1st defendant) Smashwords Inc (2nd defendant) OP (3rd defendant) QRS (4th defendant) TUV (5th defendant) WX (6th defendant) Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff self-represented A Hutchinson (1st defendant) No appearance by 2nd defendant LW Maher (3rd to 5th defendants) 6th defendant self-represented (via audio link) Solicitors: HWL Ebsworth Lawyers (1st defendant) Dwyer Bruce Legal (3rd, 4th and 5th defendants) File Number(s): 2013/178073 Publication restriction: Note: some of the parties in these proceedings are the subject of an anonymisation order