Muriniti v King; Newell v Hemmings

• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Appeals
  3. › Applications for leave to appeal
  4. › Dismissal for want of due despatch
  5. › Where applicants permanently restrained from prosecuting appeal
  6. › Where insurer entitled to determine not to appeal
  7. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 12.7, 51.1(3), 51.4(3)
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Joinder of parties
  3. › Joinder of insurer as respondent to appeal proceedings
  4. › Whether insurer had sufficient interest
  5. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 51.4(3)
• 1. Insurance
  2. › Professional indemnity insurance
  3. › Insurer's right to control conduct of proceedings
  4. › Whether insurer entitled to determine not to appeal personal costs orders
  5. › Whether insured solicitors could prosecute appeal in breach of policy terms
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Referral to Legal Services Commissioner
  3. › Whether conduct of solicitors warranted investigation for unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct

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