Stojcevski v Kogan [2018] NSWSC 127

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Stojcevski v Kogan [2018] NSWSC 127 Hearing dates: 24 and 30 January 2018 Date of orders: 16 February 2018 Decision date: 16 February 2018 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Robb J Decision: (1) The plaintiff's summons is dismissed.

(2) The plaintiff is to pay the defendants' costs of the proceedings. Catchwords: APPEAL – Control of proceedings – whether plaintiff entitled to cause company to appeal

CONTRACT – Deed of company arrangement – Construction of contract – meaning of reasonable prospects of appeal succeeding – whether Senior Counsel's written advice expressed reasonable prospects of appeal succeeding – whether administrators given required access to Senior Counsel Cases Cited: Abourjaily v Parkview Estate Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 1256 Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd (2014) 251 CLR 640; [2014] HCA 7 Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 104; [2015] HCA 37 Samuels v Western Australia (2005) 30 WAR 473; [2005] WASCA 193 Lemoto v Able Technical Pty Ltd (2005) 63 NSWLR 300; [2005] NSWCA 153 Degiorgio v Dunn (No 2) (2005) 62 NSWLR 284 Spencer v the Commonwealth of Australia (2010) 241 CLR 118; [2010] HCA 28 Cranney Farm Pty Ltd v Corowa Fertilizers Pty Ltd [2011] NSWSC 9 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Lilly Stojcevski (plaintiff) Barry Frederic Kogan (first defendant) Joseph Hayes (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: P Bates (plaintiff) I Pike SC (defendants)