Singh v De Castro; Dhaliwal v De Castro; Brar v De Castro [2017] NSWCA 130

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Singh v De Castro; Dhaliwal v De Castro; Brar v De Castro [2017] NSWCA 130 Hearing dates: 29 May 2017 Date of orders: 07 June 2017 Decision date: 07 June 2017 Before: Macfarlan JA Decision: (1) Dismiss the Amended Notice of Motion filed on behalf of Mr and Mrs De Castro;

(2) Order that the parties' costs of the motion be costs in the appeal;

(3) Order that the time for the appellants to file and serve their notices of appeal be extended to the dates upon which those steps occurred. Catchwords: APPEAL – appeals filed or served out of time and non-compliance with procedural directions – extensions of time granted – dismissal of appeal not warranted

APPEAL – security for costs – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 51.50 – whether "special circumstances" – ordinarily impecuniosity of a natural person insufficient to constitute special circumstances – notice of motion dismissed Legislation Cited: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 1335 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), ss 42.21, 51.50 Cases Cited: Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118; [2003] HCA 22 Ignacio and Leticia De Castro v New Ridge Property Group Pty Ltd [2016] NSWDC 246 Preston v Harbour Pacific Underwriting Management Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 247 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: 2016/277163 Harjit Singh (First Appellant) Moninderjit Singh (Second Appellant) Mandhir Singh Sandha (Third Appellant) Ignacio De Castro (First Respondent) Leticia De Castro (Second Respondent)