Shalhoub v Law Society of NSW [2016] NSWSC 293

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Shalhoub v Law Society of NSW [2016] NSWSC 293 Hearing dates: 17 March 2016 Date of orders: 07 April 2016 Decision date: 07 April 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Davies J Decision: 1. The Statement of Claim is struck out pursuant to UCPR 14.28. 2. Adjourn Plaintiff's Notice of Motion filed 3 March 2016 Catchwords: LEGAL PRACTITIONERS – Fidelity Fund – claim out of time – whether Fidelity Fund disallowed claim – whether Fidelity Fund failed to consider claim – nature of appeal under s 90D Legal Profession Act 1987 – where no determination by Fidelity Fund of failure to account – whether plaintiff entitled to substantive relief – extension of time to lodge claim on Fidelity Fund Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Barber v The Law Society of New South Wales [2000] NSWSC 1164 Fincorp Investments Limited v Trazmar Pty Limited [2012] NSWSC 506 Glenorcy Pty Limited v Law Society Of New South Wales [2004] NSWSC 464 Kevern v Marshall [2004] NSWSC 300 Langley v Langley (1974) 1 NSWLR 46 Law Society of New South Wales v Glenorcy Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 250; (2006) 67 NSWLR 169 Vassiliadis v Law Society of NSW (1997) 41 NSWLR 383 Whitfield v The Law Society of New South Wales (Unreported – 4 December 1998, Greg James J) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Fayez Frank Shalhoub (Plaintifff) Law Society of NSW (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Dulhundy (Plaintiff) B Burke (Defendant)