Lovric v State of New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 308

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lovric v State of New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 308 Hearing dates: 13 December 2019 Date of orders: 13 December 2019 Decision date: 13 December 2019 Before: Basten JA Decision: (1) Dismiss the appeal.

(2) Order that the appellant pay the State's costs of the proceedings in this Court. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – appeal – judgment of District Court – amount in issue – leave to appeal required – expiry of period within which to seek leave to appeal – extension of time – non-appearance by appellant – notice under Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.6 – appeal incompetent – summary dismissal Legislation Cited: District Court Act 1973 (NSW), s 127 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 13.6, 51.2 material date, 51.10(1) Cases Cited: Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118; [2003] HCA 22 Tomko v Palasty (No 2) (2007) 71 NSWLR 61; [2007] NSWCA 369 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Denis Lovric (Appellant) State of New South Wales (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: No appearance (Appellant) M Hutchings / R Coffey (Respondent)

Solicitors: Sparke Helmore (Respondent) File Number(s): 2019/209272 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court Jurisdiction: Civil Citation: [2018] NSWDC 148 Date of Decision: 13 April 2018 Before: Taylor SC DCJ File Number(s): 2017/170707