Mark Rodney Bissaker & Ors v Simon George Croft & Ors [2014] NSWSC 1647

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Mark Rodney Bissaker & Ors v Simon George Croft & Ors [2014] NSWSC 1647 Hearing dates: 4 November 2014 Decision date: 21 November 2014 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Wilson J Decision: Order pursuant to s.26(1) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 that the proceedings be referred to mediation Catchwords: PRACTICE & PROCEDURE: professional negligence proceedings - motion seeking referral to mediation - Civil Procedure Act 2005 s.26(1) - where one party opposes referral to mediation - Court's power to order mediation - no point of principle Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Cases Cited: Idoport Pty Limited v National Australia Bank Limited [2001] NSWSC 427 Higgins v Higgins [2002] NSWSC 455 Oasis Fund Management v ABN Amro [2009] NSWSC 967 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Mark Rodney Bissaker (First Plaintiff) Christopher Peter Donnelly (Second Plaintiff) Margaret Lea Donnelly (Third Plaintiff) Simon George Croft (First Defendant) Keith Charles Saunders (Second Defendant) Wayne Charles Seymour (Third Defendant) Phillip Arthur Gream (Fourth Defeendant) Samuel Edward Notley (Fifth Defendant) Karen Gail Tromp (Sixth Defendant) Bradley James Schumacher (Seventh Defendant) Jason Gregory Simmonds (Eight Defendant) William Provis Warrick (Ninth Defendant) Kevin John Pike (Tenth Defendant) Michael James Muldoon (Eleventh Defendant) Simon Keith Paul (Twelfth Defendant) Alan Kevin Donges (Thirteenth Defendant) Joseph Patrick Tonkin (Fourteenth Defendant) QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited (Cross Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Cornish (Plaintiffs) I Pike SC with E Munro (First and Fourth to Thirteenth Defendants)