Enkelmann & Ors v Stewart & Anor (No. 3) [2025] QSC 206
28-8-25 / Matthew Jones KC — Land Law & Property
Matthew Jones KC (with G Handran KC) represented the first and second defendants, instructed by 23 Legal. The primary legal issues considered were whether the plaintiffs should pay the defendants’ costs of the plaintiff’s on the indemnity basis pursuant to rr 681 and 702 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules…
Enkelmann & Ors v Stewart & Anor (No. 2) [2025] QSC 154
27-6-25 / Matthew Jones KC — Land Law & Property
Matthew Jones KC (led by G Handran KC) represented the first and second defendants, instructed by 23 Legal. This judgement was published in addition to the Court’s reasons in respect of the claim and counterclaim, concerning the issues of final orders and costs. The Court considered the timing of the…
Matthew Jones KC (with G Handran KC) represented the first and second defendants, instructed by 23 Legal. This case had an unusual procedural history. The Plaintiffs, over nearly five weeks of evidence, contended that the Defendant cotton farmers had constructed levees on the Defendants’ property which deleteriously altered the flow…
In a decision with important practical consequences, Justice Williams determined that those parts of a solicitor’s file note which contain the statement or report of an expert are not privileged from disclosure pursuant to Rule 212(2) of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999. Matthew Jones (with G Handran KC) appeared…
24-3-23 / Matthew Jones KC, Michael Hodge KC — Commercial Equity, Land Law & Property
In a dispute involving the division of properties among the three sons of a successful farming family, a dispute arose about the propriety of one brother including a counterclaim against his siblings which was, it was argued, not sufficiently connected to the subject matter of the proceeding. Matthew Jones appeared…
