Lazarus and Ors v Independent Commission Against Corruption and Anor; Lazarus v State of New South Wales and Ors [2018] NSWSC 138

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lazarus and Ors v Independent Commission Against Corruption and Anor; Lazarus v State of New South Wales and Ors [2018] NSWSC 138 Hearing dates: 12 February 2018 Date of orders: 12 February 2018 Decision date: 12 February 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Johnson J Decision: 1. Plaintiffs' Notice of Motion in each proceedings dismissed. 2. Plaintiffs to pay the costs of the Defendant with respect to each Notice of Motion. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE - application by Plaintiffs to vacate hearing of summary dismissal applications brought by Defendants - reliance upon filing of application to remove other proceedings into High Court of Australia - hearing of summary dismissal application adjourned previously to meet convenience of Plaintiffs' counsel and solicitor - no proper basis to vacate hearing of summary dismissal applications - application dismissed with costs Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) Cases Cited: --- Texts Cited: --- Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: 2017/232535 Jessica Lazarus, Michelle Lazarus, Sandra Lazarus (Plaintiffs) Independent Commission Against Corruption (First Defendant) Michael Kane (Second Defendant)

2017/247213 Sandra Lazarus (Plaintiff) State of New South Wales (First Defendant) Local Court of New South Wales (Second Defendant) Joanna Keogh (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms S Lazarus and Ms M Lazarus in person (Plaintiffs in 2017/232535) Ms S Lazarus in person (Plaintiff in 2017/247213) Ms J Davidson (First Defendant in both proceedings)