Baiada Poultry Pty Ltd v Sztrochlic [2014] NSWSC 576

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Baiada Poultry Pty Ltd v Sztrochlic [2014] NSWSC 576 Hearing dates: 2 May 2014 Decision date: 02 May 2014 Before: McCallum J Decision: The defendant's application is rejected. The defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs of and incidental to the defendant's notice of motion filed 3 April 2014 as agreed or assessed on the ordinary basis. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - civil - pleadings - application to have pleadings struck out - whether pleadings have the tendency to cause prejudice, embarrassment or delay - whether it is necessary to strike out the proceedings in the interests of justice Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Arthur Young v Tieco International (Australia) Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of South Australia, Lander J, 19 July 1995, unreported) Ingot v Macquarie [2004] NSWSC 1136 McGuirk v University of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC1424 Northam v Favelle Favco Holdings Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Bryson J, 7 March 1995, unreported) Texts Cited: William Blake Odgers, Odgers on Pleading and Practice, 8th ed (1918) Stevens and Sons at 178 - 210. Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Baiada Poultry Pty Limited (plaintiff) Raphael Sztrochlic (defendant) Representation: Counsel: T Maltz (plaintiff) P Biber (solicitor for defendant) Solicitors: Coleman and Greig Lawyers (plaintiff) David Landa Stewart (defendant) File Number(s): 2013/255115 Publication restriction: None