Pachkovski v Australian Executor Trustees Ltd

The applicants, Mr. and Mrs. Pachkovski, sought an adjournment of a hearing before the New South Wales Court of Appeal, represented by Hodgson, McColl and Campbell JJA. The application was made in writing and supported by a medical certificate. The respondent was Australian Executor Trustees Ltd.

The central legal issue before the Court of Appeal was whether the written application, supported by a medical certificate, constituted a sufficient basis for granting an adjournment of the hearing.

The Court of Appeal refused the adjournment. The reasoning, though not detailed in the provided text, implicitly suggests that the medical certificate, in the context of the application, did not meet the threshold for an adjournment. The Court's decision to deny the adjournment indicates that the material before it was not considered sufficient to justify postponing the hearing.

The Court of Appeal ordered that the adjournment not be granted.