Stankovic v Peter Michael Magee t/as Armstrong Legal [2014] NSWSC 873

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Stankovic v Peter Michael Magee t/as Armstrong Legal [2014] NSWSC 873 Hearing dates: 30 June 2014 Decision date: 30 June 2014 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Davies J Decision: 1. The Notices of Motion filed by the Plaintiff on 30 September 2013 and 9 April 2014 are dismissed. 2. The proceedings by the Plaintiff against the Defendant are dismissed pursuant to r 13.4 UCPR. 3. The Plaintiff should pay the Defendant's costs. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - summary dismissal - professional negligence proceedings - claim against former solicitors - pleading - embarrassing pleading - no reasonable cause of action disclosed - proceedings dismissed Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bott v Carter [2009] NSWSC 236 Cameron v Qantas Airways Ltd [2010] NSWSC 899 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 McDonald v Grech [2012] NSWSC 717 McGuirk v University of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 1424 Stankovic v Hills Shire Council (No 3) 2012 FCA 523 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Milovan Stankovic (Plaintiff) Peter Michael Magee t/as Armstrong Legal (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: In person (Plaintiff) A Zahra (Defendant) Solicitors: Self represented (Plaintiff) Sparke Helmore (Defendant) File Number(s): 2013/229845