Dunn v Ghobon and Nandi Services Pty Limited [2014] NSWLC 12

Local Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Dunn v Ghobon and Nandi Services Pty Limited [2014] NSWLC 12 Hearing dates: 24/07/2014 Decision date: 31 July 2014 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Assessor Olischlager Decision: Motion granted. 1.Default judgment entered against first defendant on 31 October 2013 set aside pursuant to UCPR 36.15. 2.Default judgment entered against second defendant on 7 January 2014 set aside pursuant to UCPR 36.16 Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - practice and procedure - motions - setting aside default judgment - splitting a cause of action - judgment entered irregularly Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Buckland v Palmer [1984] 1 WLR 1109 Chand v Zurich Australian Limited [2013] NSWSC 102 Coles v Burke (1987) 10 NSWLR 429 D'Orta-Edenaike v Victoria Legal Aid [2005] HCA 12; (2005) 223 CLR 1 Dai v Zhu [2013] NSWCA 412 Nicholson v Nicholson [1974] 2 NSWLR 59 Perpetual Trustees Australia Limited v Heperu Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2009] NSWCA 387; (2009) 78 NSWLR 190 State Government Insurance Office (Queensland) v Brisbane Stevedoring (1969) 123 CLR 228 Zakaria v Dr Noyce [2012] NSWSC 981 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Richard Dunn (applicant/plaintiff) Ahmad Ghobon (first respondent/ defendant) Nandi Services Pty Ltd (second respondent/ defendant) Representation: Mr Oliver (for the applicant) Mr Rajalingem (for the respondents) File Number(s): 2013/151821 Publication restriction: Nil