Taing v Nguyen [2015] NSWSC 1011

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Taing v Nguyen [2015] NSWSC 1011 Hearing dates: 24 July 2015 Date of orders: 24 July 2015 Decision date: 24 July 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Davies J Decision: 1. Leave to the Plaintiff to add Sok Uriy Soy as the Third Defendant.

2. Leave to the Plaintiff to file and serve a Statement of Claim in the form annexed to his affidavit of 13 March 2015 (sworn in support of Notice of Motion dated 13 March 2015) by 7 August 2015.

3. Plaintiff to pay the First Defendant's costs of the Notice of Motion of 13 March 2015. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - pleadings – proceedings commenced in 2012- plaintiff self-represented - two versions of Statement of Claim struck out in 2012 – plaintiff applies in 2015 to add defendant and file further Statement of Claim - adequate but scarcely satisfactory explanation for delay – proposed pleading adequately pleaded - leave to add defendant and to file further version of Statement of Claim Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Seam Taing (Plaintiff) Thi Thuy Trang Nguyen (First Defendant) Van Thang Huynh (Second Defendant) Sok Uriy Soy (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: In person (Plaintiff) S Ipp (First Defendant) No appearances (Second and Third Defendants)

Solicitors: Self-represented (Plaintiff) Gadens Lawyersnotio (First Defendant) Self-represented (Second and Third Defendants) File Number(s): 2011/397183