Lazarus v Independent Commission Against Corruption (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1613

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lazarus v Independent Commission Against Corruption (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1613 Hearing dates: 15 February 2018 Date of orders: 25 October 2018 Decision date: 25 October 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Walton J Decision: The Court makes the following orders and directions:

(1) The plaintiffs' statement of claim filed 31 July 2017 be dismissed pursuant to r 13.4 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW).

(2) The plaintiffs to pay the first defendant's costs of the notice of motion filed 31 August 2017.

(3) The first defendant shall serve the plaintiffs on or before Tuesday, 30 October 2018 at 4pm with a copy of this judgment, the judgment in Lazarus v Independent Commission Against Corruption [2018] NSWSC 997, the supplementary written submissions of the first defendant and the short minutes of order dated 11 July 2018.

(4) The plaintiffs shall make any submissions as to the fourth prayer for relief in the notice of motion on or before Tuesday, 13 November 2018 at 4pm.

(5) The Court will determine the remaining question as to costs on the papers based upon the supplementary written submissions of the first defendant and any written submissions received by the plaintiffs in accordance with these directions. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – statement of claim dismissed – costs of the notice of motion – directions Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Lazarus v Independent Commission Against Corruption [2018] NSWSC 997 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Sandra Lazarus (first plaintiff / first respondent) Michelle Lazarus (second plaintiff / second respondent) Jessica Lazarus (third plaintiff / third respondent) Independent Commission Against Corruption (first defendant / applicant on motion) Michael Kane (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Davidson (first defendant / applicant on motion)