Stonewall Hotel Pty Ltd v Papantoniou (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 443

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Stonewall Hotel Pty Ltd v Papantoniou (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 443 Hearing dates: 9 April 2018 Date of orders: 11 April 2018 Decision date: 11 April 2018 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Darke J Decision: Application to set aside judgments and final orders refused. Catchwords: JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS – amending, varying and setting aside – judgments and orders made following contested hearing – no tutor appointed for one defendant – whether that defendant a person under legal incapacity – whether a failure to comply with rules of court – whether judgments and orders given or made irregularly – whether sufficient cause shown to set aside judgments and orders Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 63 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 7.14, 7.17, 36.15 Cases Cited: Burrell v R (2008) 238 CLR 218; [2008] HCA 34 Hoskins v Van Den-Braak (1998) 43 NSWLR 290 Kendell v Carnegie (2006) 68 NSWLR 193; [2006] NSWCA 302 Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd v Heperu Pty Ltd (No 2) (2009) 78 NSWLR 190; [2009] NSWCA 387 Smilevska v Smilevska [2015] NSWSC 1794 Stonewall Hotel Pty Ltd v Papantoniou [2017] NSWSC 964 Stonewall Hotel Pty Ltd v Papantoniou (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 1152 Weber v Aquaqueen International Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 1181 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Stonewall Hotel Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) John Papantoniou (First Defendant) Aristotelis Papantoniou (Second Defendant) Stella Papantoniou (Third Defendant) Efthemia Papantoniou (Fourth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr S Philips (Plaintiff) Mr M W Sneddon (Second and Fourth Defendants)