Borg & Ors v Northern Rivers Finance Pty Ltd & Ors [2003] QCA 532

[2003] QCA 532 COURT OF APPEAL McMURDO P Appeal No 5036 of 2003 ANDREW JAMES BORG & ORS Respondents (Plaintiffs) and NORTHERN RIVERS FINANCE PTY LTD & ORS Appellants (Defendants) BRISBANE ..DATE 28/11/2003 ORDER 1 -- 1 of 2 -- 1 2 ORDER 10 20 30 40 50 MR ERSKINE for Gateway Lawyers, solicitors for the fourth and eight defendants/appellants MR D A CASTLEY (of Phillips Fox) THE PRESIDENT: The material before me demonstrates that the requirements allowing the applicant solicitors to withdraw as solicitors on the record under UCPR r 990 have been complied with. Notice was given to the first and second appellants on the 29th of October. It is true that the first and second appellants were only served with this application on the 26th of November, so that two clear days' notice of this application has not been given, however this is an appropriate case in which I should abridge the time as necessary to allow this application to be made. The orders are; abridge the time as necessary to bring this application, leave is given to the applicant to withdraw as solicitor on the record for the first and second appellants in this appeal. The first and second appellants are to pay the applicant's costs of and incidental to the application to be assessed. ----- 60 -- 2 of 2 --