Lambert v Twigg; Twigg v Twigg (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 1363

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lambert v Twigg; Twigg v Twigg (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 1363 Hearing dates: 8 October 2019 Date of orders: 09 October 2019 Decision date: 08 October 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Stevenson J Decision: The proceedings to be tried at the same time or one immediately after the other Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – hearings – order that proceedings be heard together – two proceedings involving some common parties – where issues of credit of common witnesses likely to arise – where result in one case may be determinative of the result in the other Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Twigg v Twigg [2019] NSWSC 373 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: In 2018/212326: Frances Lambert (First Plaintiff/Respondent) Elizabeth Flintoft (Second Plaintiff/Respondent) Diane Twigg (Third Plaintiff/Respondent) Twigg Investments Pty Ltd as trustee for Twigg Investments Trust (Defendant/Applicant)

In 2019/71329: Diane Twigg (First Plaintiff/Respondent) Ipswich Landfill Pty Ltd as trustee for the Ipswich Landfill Trust (Second Plaintiff/Respondent) Brooklyn Landfill & Waste Recycling Pty Ltd as trustee for the Brooklyn Landfill Trust (Third Plaintiff/Respondent) Twigg Plant Hire Pty Ltd as trustee for the Twigg Family Trust (Fourth Plaintiff/Respondent) Maxwell James Twigg (First Defendant/Applicant) Twigg Landfill Pty Ltd (Second Defendant/Applicant) Byron Bay Beach Hotel Properties Pty Ltd (Third Defendant/Applicant) Twigg Consulting Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant/Applicant) B Bay H Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant/Respondent) Twigg Investments Pty Ltd (Sixth Defendant/Applicant) Maly Holdings Pty Ltd (Seventh Defendant/Applicant) Twigg Property Development Pty Ltd (Eighth Defendant/Applicant) Twigg Motor Sport Pty Ltd (Ninth Defendant/Applicant) Vision Motor Sport Pty Ltd (Tenth Defendant/Applicant) Twigg Motor Racing Pty Ltd (Eleventh Defendant/Applicant) Surf Street Holdings Pty Ltd (Twelfth Defendant/Applicant) W&E Twigg Pty Ltd (Thirteenth Defendant/Applicant) Representation: Counsel: In 2018/212326: M R Elliott SC with DK Smith (Plaintiffs/Respondents) J C Giles SC with M Bersten (Defendant/Applicant)