McDonagh v Huxley (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1317

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: McDonagh v Huxley (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1317 Hearing dates: 20 August 2018 Date of orders: 20 August 2018 Decision date: 20 August 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Lonergan J Decision: Notice of motion dismissed Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – application to set aside default judgment – where hearing complete – where applicant aware of proceedings at time of hearing – unexplained delay Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 30.1, 36.16 Cases Cited: McDonagh v Huxley [2018] NSWSC 1316 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Sharon McDonagh (First Plaintiff) McDonagh Management Pty Ltd (Second Plaintiff)

Gregory Huxley (First Defendant) Vanessa Huxley (Second Defendant) Adam Huxley (Third Defendant) Rory McDonnell (Fourth Defendant/Applicant) DIB Lawyers Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant) James Edward Spencer (Sixth Defendant) Jeffrey Dougal Dawson (Seventh Defendant) Vangory Holdings Pty Ltd (Eighth Defendant) Vangory Services Pty Ltd (Ninth Defendant) Benitch Investments Pty Ltd (Tenth Defendant) Ghassan Dib (Eleventh Defendant) Representation: Counsel: R Goodridge (Plaintiffs) K Nunn, solicitor (Third, Fifth and Eleventh Defendants) Fourth Defendant/Applicant (self-represented) R Kent, solicitor (Seventh and Tenth Defendants)