Van Gorp v Davy [2017] NSWCA 167

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Van Gorp v Davy [2017] NSWCA 167 Hearing dates: 6 July 2017 Date of orders: 06 July 2017 Decision date: 06 July 2017 Before: McColl JA at [1] and [29] White JA at [27] Decision: Application for leave to appeal dismissed with costs. Catchwords: APPEAL – leave to appeal – where primary judge dismissed applicant's case on grounds of insufficient evidence due to his failure to appear – where non-appearance said to be due to illness – alleged illness not communicated to primary judge – alternative remedy available – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 29.7(2), 29.7(4), 36.16(2)(b) Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Gibson v Drumm [2016] NSWCA 206 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Michail v Mount Druitt & Area Community Legal Centre Inc [2015] NSWCA 396 NAKX v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 1559 Spies v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1991) 24 NSWLR 691 Van Gorp v Davy (2014/175601) Van Gorp v Davy (2015/331605) Van Gorp v Davy [2016] FCA 1385 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Sean Cornelius Van Gorp (Applicant) Kate Louise Davy (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Applicant) D O'Sullivan (Respondent)