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Kendirjian v. Lepore & Anor

Case No. S170/2016

Case information

Lower Court Judgment

21/05/2015 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal) (Bergin J, Macfarlan J, Leeming J)

[2015] NSWCA 132

Catchwords

Negligence – Professional negligence – Lawyers – Advocates immunity – Duties and liabilities – Settlement of proceedings – Whether alleged failure to advice in relation to settlement offer was a decision affecting the conduct of the case in Court – application of test in D’Orta-Ekenaike v Victorian Legal Aid (2005) 223 CLR 1.

Short particulars

Documents

17/06/2016 Hearing (SLA, Canberra)

30/06/2016 Notice of appeal

21/07/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)

21/07/2016 Chronology (Appellant)

19/08/2016 Written submissions (Second Respondent)

31/08/2016 Reply

11/11/2016 Hearing (Full Court - consent orders pronounced, Canberra)

09/02/2017 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

29/03/2017 Judgment (Judgment summary)