NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Kendirjian v Lepore [2019] NSWDC 43 Hearing dates: 18 February 2019 – 22 February 2019 Date of orders: 06 March 2019 Decision date: 06 March 2019 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Weber SC DCJ Decision: (1) Verdict and Judgment for the defendants
(2) The plaintiff to pay the defendants' costs Catchwords: TORTS– negligence – whether solicitor and barrister negligent in settlement negotiations – relevance of contemporaneous file notes prepared by solicitor – adverse credit findings against plaintiff Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Cases Cited: Abalos v Australian Postal Commission (1990) 171 CLR 167 Attwells v Jackson Lalic Lawyers Pty Ltd (2016) 259 CLR 1 Boateng v Dharamdas [2016] NSWCA 183 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Kendirjian v Ayoub [2008] NSWCA 194 Kendirjian v Lepore (2017) 259 CLR 275 Patrick Stevedores Operations (No 2) Pty Ltd v Hennessy [2015] NSWCA 253 Societe d' Avances Commerciales v Merchants' Marine Insurance Co. (1924) 20 Ll. L. Rep 140 Category: Principal judgment Parties: David Kendirjian (Plaintiff) Eugene Lepore (First Defendant) Jim Conomos (Second Defendant) Representation: Plaintiff: Mr D. Kendirjian (in person) First Defendant: Mr C. D. Wood Second Defendant: Mr A. Carney First Defendant: Yeldham Price O'Brien Lusk Second Defendant: Carneys Lawyers File Number(s): 2012/00312681-001 Publication restriction: None
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