5 Feb 2021
Because the magistrate acknowledged she had erred in requiring the appellant to attend on 16 July 2019 and the respondent did not oppose the appeal, the forfeiture order lacked justification and had to be set aside resulting in repayment of the $3,000 bail.
15 Jul 2020
The court must give effect to the parties' Agreement by ordering that, failing agreement within the prescribed time, the quantum of the Plaintiffs' claim together with interest be referred to the Registrar (assisted if necessary by an assessor) for assessment; a reference to the Registrar requires a court order under O 75 r 41(1), and remitting the issue to the Registrar to decide whether to fiat the Agreement would conflict with the objectives of O 1A r 1, therefore the court makes the referral and sets a date before which the reference shall not be made.