Bar-Mordecai v Rotman & ors

The applicants, Bar-Mordecai and others, sought to reopen an appeal previously heard by the New South Wales Court of Appeal. The respondents were Rotman and others. The precise nature of the original dispute is not detailed in the provided text, but the application concerned the reopening of a concluded appeal.

The central legal issue before the Court of Appeal was whether the applicants had established sufficient grounds to justify the reopening of the appeal. This involved considering the principles governing the reopening of final orders and the circumstances under which such applications are typically granted.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the notice of motion. While the specific reasoning is not elaborated, the decision indicates that the applicants failed to meet the threshold required to persuade the court to revisit its prior determination. The court applied established legal principles concerning the finality of judgments and the exceptional circumstances necessary to depart from them.

The notice of motion was dismissed with costs.