Obeid v Ipp (No. 2) [2015] NSWSC 1852

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Obeid v Ipp (No. 2) [2015] NSWSC 1852 Hearing dates: 3 December 2015 Date of orders: 04 December 2015 Decision date: 04 December 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Davies J Decision: With the modification to paragraph 158 referred to earlier the Plaintiffs are given leave to plead and rely on the pleading contained in section A6 of the proposed Amended Statement of Claim. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – pleading – proposed amended statement of claim – pleading in the alternative – whether inconsistent pleading – alternative pleading in the event certain defence evidence is accepted – whether alternative pleading is known by pleader to be false – pleading allowed Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Adamson v Ede [2009] NSWCA 403 Brailsford v Tobie [1889] 10 ALT 194 CGU Insurance Ltd v Lawless [2008] VSCA 38; (2008) 15 ANZ Ins Cases 61-755 Issitch v Worrell [2000] FCA 477; (2000) 172 ALR 586 Suvaal v Cessnock City Council [2003] HCA 41; (2003) 77 ALJR 1449 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Edward Moses Obeid Snr (First Plaintiff) Moses Edward Obeid (Second Plaintiff) Paul Edward Obeid (Third Plaintiff) Edward Joseph Obeid Jnr (Fourth Plaintiff) The Honourable David Andrew Ipp QC (First Defendant) Geoffrey Maurice Watson SC (Second Defendant) Sharon Loder (Third Defendant) Timothy Fox (Fourth Defendant) Lisa Stockley (Fifth Defendant) Grant Lockley (Sixth Defendant) Roy Waldon (Seventh Defendant) Paul Grainger (Eighth Defendant) Darren Curd (Ninth Defendant) State of New South Wales (Tenth Defendant) Independent Commission Against Corruption (Eleventh Defendant) Representation: Counsel: CRC Newlinds SC, S Chrysanthou & A O'Brien (Plaintiff) P Herzfeld (First Defendant) D A McLure SC & P Sharp (Second Defendant) J J Hutton & S Patterson (Third to Fifth Defendants, Seventh to Tenth Defendants) R S Scruby (Sixth Defendant) J K Kirk SC & A Mitchelmore (Eleventh Defendant)