HP Mercantile Pty Limited v Dyce [2015] NSWDC 426

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: HP Mercantile Pty Limited v Dyce [2015] NSWDC 426 Hearing dates: 20 August 2015 Date of orders: 20 August 2015 Decision date: 20 August 2015 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: P Taylor SC DCJ Decision: (1) Defendant's notice of motion granted. (2) Vacate hearing date of 21 August 2015. (3) Stand the matter over for further directions to Thursday, 19 November 2015 at 10am before P Taylor SC DCJ. (4) Costs of the notice of motion, including any costs thrown away by reason of the vacation of the hearing date, be costs in the proceedings. (5) Liberty to the parties to apply on 3 days' notice for any variation of the listing on 19 November 2015. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — hearings — vacation of hearing date – medical reasons – similar Supreme Court proceedings – self-represented litigant Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 56, s 58, s 66, s 140 Supreme Court Rules 1970, Pt 14 r 2 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Abbott v Klein [2015] NSWDC 45 Everett v Neale [2012] NSWDC 73 HP Mercantile Pty Ltd v Clements [2014] NSWSC 509 HP Mercantile Pty Ltd v Kym and Paul Clements [2015] NSWCA 212 Petrovic v Taara Formwork (Canberra) Pty Ltd (1982) 62 FLR 451 Sydney City Council v Ke‑Su Investments Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 246 Vasiljev v Public Trustee [1974] 2 NSWLR 497 Walker v Walker [1967] 1 WLR 327 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: HP Mercantile Pty Limited ACN 097 362 877 (plaintiff) Timothy Shaun Dyce (defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr G Versace (plaintiff)