Tawfik v Bill [2010] NSWSC 1034

Tawfik v Bill [2010] NSWSC 1034

No power of the court has been identified to compel parties to supplement or vary their consensual agreement with respect to expert instructions for the purpose of valuation under the consent orders in these oppression proceedings. The sought order to jointly instruct the valuer must be refused.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
14 September 2010
Procedural Posture
Oppression Proceedings (shareholders) / Interlocutory Application for Variation of Expert Instructions
Outcome
Application dismissed
Legal Topics
['oppression Remedies' 'consent Orders' "court's Power to Modify Agreements" 'expert Valuation' 'directions Under Civil Procedure Act']

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Procedural Posture

Oppression Proceedings (shareholders) / Interlocutory Application for Variation of Expert Instructions

  1. 1 ['Whether the court has power to compel parties to vary or supplement agreed instructions to an expert appointed for valuation under a consent order in oppression proceedings' "Whether s 61 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 or other cited legislation provides power to modify parties' agreement in these circumstances"]

Ratio Decidendi

No power of the court has been identified to compel parties to supplement or vary their consensual agreement with respect to expert instructions for the purpose of valuation under the consent orders in these oppression proceedings. The sought order to jointly instruct the valuer must be refused.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed

Orders

  • ['Order that the claim in item 1 of the interlocutory process filed on 19 July 2010 be dismissed.']