Savage v Soloman [2019] NSWDC 223

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Savage v Soloman [2019] NSWDC 223 Hearing dates: 16 May 2019 Date of orders: 04 June 2019 Decision date: 04 June 2019 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Dicker SC DCJ Decision: (1) The Notice of Motion filed 29 March 2018 is dismissed. (2) The defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs of the Notice of Motion as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: Practice and procedure – application to set aside judgment and final orders – Part 36.16(2)(b) of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules – failure of defendant or legal representative of defendant to appear at the final hearing of the matter – adequacy of explanation for non-appearance – whether the defendant has an arguable defence on the merits – discretionary factors Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, Part 36.16(2)(b) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW) Cases Cited: Blue Badge Insurance Australia Pty Ltd v Farnan (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 1688 Cameron v Cole [1944] HCA 5; (1944) 68 CLR 571 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways [1964] HCA 69; (1964) 112 CLR 125 Integrated Growth Solutions Pty Ltd v Latesha Elizabeth Campbell (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 765 Li v Hanson Property Developments Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 1870 Northey v Bega Valley Shire Council [2012] NSWCA 28 O'Connor v Perry [2014] NSWSC 1386 Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations v Murkurni Women's Aboriginal Corporation [1995] FCA 1413; (1995) 137 ALR 404; (1995) 58 FCR 125 Soloman v Savage [2018] NSWCA 249 University of Wollongong v Metwally (No 2) [1985] HCA 28 Van Gorp v Davy [2017] NSWCA 167 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Robin Barry Savage Phillip Aziz Soloman Representation: Counsel: T J Davie (Plaintiff) A Moutasallem (Defendant)