Maurice Sperling v Salo Sperling & Anor [2015] NSWSC 286

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Maurice Sperling v Salo Sperling & Anor [2015] NSWSC 286 Hearing dates: 17 March 2015 Date of orders: 17 March 2015 Decision date: 17 March 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity Division - Duty List Before: Slattery J Decision: Mr Patrick See appointed as tutor to the first defendant. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – application to appoint tutor under UCPR, r 7.18(1)(a) – applicant seeks to appoint tutor for respondent – respondent a person under legal incapacity – no friends or family available to act as tutor – urgent proceedings unable to continue without appointment of tutor – President of the NSW Law Society requested to nominate an independent solicitor to act as tutor – who to bear cost of solicitor-tutor -- applicant to indemnify tutor for expenses and costs pending final orders – management of inherent conflicts of duty and interest of solicitor-tutor – Court's supervisory jurisdiction over appointed tutors sufficient protection from such conflicts. Legislation Cited: Consolidated Equity Rules of 1902, (NSW) r 62 Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW), s 66G Uniform Civil Procedure Rules2005 (NSW), rr 7.14(2), 7.18A Cases Cited: Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v P (1987) 11 NSWLR 200 Eady v Elsdon [1901] 2 KB 460 Ex parte Shearer [1949] QWN 41 Lawrence v Moyes (1900) 16 WN (NSW) 229 Iskandar v Mahbur & Ors [2011] NSWSC 1056 Loorham v Loorham (1947) 65 WN (NSW) 98 Re PC (An Infant) [1961] Ch 312 Sanguinetti v Weaver (1910) 27 WN (NSW) 142 Category: Consequential orders (other than Costs) Parties: Plaintiff: Maurice Sperling First Defendant: Salo Sperling Second Defendant: Carla Rosen Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: R Lovas Second Defendant: R Bianchi