Nirmal Taluja v John Orford t/as John Orford & Associates & Anor [2014] NSWSC 714

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Nirmal Taluja v John Orford t/as John Orford & Associates & Anor [2014] NSWSC 714 Hearing dates: 19 March 2014 Decision date: 03 June 2014 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Slattery J Decision: Plaintiff's pleading struck out with costs. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - plaintiff makes 2012 claim for professional negligence against two solicitors in respect of separate 2003 commercial transactions - defendants' motions to strike out pleading under Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, r 13.4 and 14.28 - whether amendments sought futile - whether plaintiff's claim statute barred - whether plaintiff's claim an abuse of process whether plaintiff's pleading embarrassing - plaintiff moves to amend pleading. Legislation Cited: Limitation Act 1969, s 14 Real Property Act 1900 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, rr 13.4 and 14.28 Cases Cited: Attorney General v Blake (1998) Ch 439 Aussie Ideas Pty Limited v Tunwind Pty Ltd; Hoddinott v Tunwind Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 286 Australian International Academy of Education Ltd v Dr Nirmal Taluja & Ors [2011] NSWSC 647 Beach Petroleum NL v Abbott Tout Russell Kennedy [1999] NSWCA 408 Cia de Seguros Imperio v Health Ltd [2001] 1 WLR 112 Co-ordinated Industries Pty Ltd v Elliott (1998) 43 NSWLR 282 Darley Main Colliery Ltd Company v Mitchell (1886) 11 App Cas 127 Hawkins v Clayton t/as Clayton Utz and Co (1986) 5 NSWLR 109 Haines v Australian Broadcasting Incorporation (1995) 43 NSWLR 404 Marshall v Prescott (No. 3) [2013] NSWSC 1949 Midland Bank Trust Co Ltd v Hett Stubbs & Kemp (1979) Ch 384 Nikolaou v Papasavas Phillips & Co (No 2) (1989) 166 CLR 394 Prince Jefri Bolkiah v KPMG (A Firm) [1999] 2 WLR 215 Reichel v Magrath (1889) 14 App Cas 665 Sheldon v McBeath (1993) Aust Torts Rep. 81-209 State Bank of New South Wales Ltd v Alexander Stenhouse Ltd (1997) Aust. Torts Reports 81-423 Wardley Australia Limited v Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 Winnote Pty Ltd (in liq) v Page t/as Freehill, Hollingdale & Page (2006) 68 NSWLR 531 Wood v Jones (1889) 61 LT 551 Texts Cited: Meagher, Gummow, Lehane, Equity Doctrines & Remedies, 4th Edition, paragraph 5-010 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Plaintiff: Nirmal Taluja First Defendant: John Orford trading as John Orford & Associates Second Defendant: Janki Sundar Bhandary & Chirag Bhandary trading as Bhandary & Bhandary Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: D.K.L. Raphael First Defendant: D.S. Weinberger Second Defendant: D. Priestley Solicitors: Plaintiff: Garry Neville Penhall, Penhall & Co First Defendant: Robert Crittenden, DLA Piper Australia Second Defendant: Christopher Brierley, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers File Number(s): 2012/391469 Publication restriction: No