Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Basetec Services Pty Ltd v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (No 7) [2016] FCA 1587 File number: SAD 84 of 2014
Judge: BESANKO J
Date of judgment: 20 December 2016
Date of publication of reasons: 20 January 2017
Catchwords: CONTRACTS – claim for monies owing under a contract – form of final orders – date from which interest payable – whether interest payable on GST.
Cases cited: Basetec Services Pty Ltd v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (No 6) [2016] FCA 1534
Date of hearing: 20 December 2016
Registry: South Australia
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Commercial Contracts, Banking, Finance and Insurance
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 7
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr B Jenner
Solicitor for the Applicant: Cosoff Cudmore Knox
Counsel for the Respondent: Mr P O'Sullivan QC with Ms G Walker
Solicitor for the Respondent: Herbert Smith Freehills
ORDERS SAD 84 of 2014
BETWEEN: BASETEC SERVICES PTY LTD ABN 30 086 798 361 Applicant
AND: LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS PTY LTD ABN 98 000 893 667 Respondent
AND BETWEEN: LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS PTY LTD ABN 98 000 893 667 Cross-Claimant
AND: BASETEC SERVICES PTY LTD ABN 30 086 798 361 Cross-Respondent
JUDGE: BESANKO J DATE OF ORDER: 20 December 2016
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
1. There be judgment in favour of the applicant against the respondent in the sum of $911,328.89. 2. There be judgment on the cross-claim in favour of the respondent against the applicant in the sum of $105,765.10. 3. The judgment in favour of the respondent against the applicant on the cross-claim be set off against the judgment on the claim. 4. The enforcement of the judgments referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above be stayed until further order. 5. The question of costs be listed for argument on Thursday, 2 February 2017 at 9:30 am. 6. The applicant file and serve any affidavits and an outline of submissions on the question of costs on or before 16 January 2017. 7. The respondent file and serve any affidavits and an outline of submissions on the question of costs on or before 27 January 2017. 8. The respondent's foreshadowed application for a stay be listed for mention on Thursday, 2 February 2017 at 9:30 am. 9. To the extent necessary, the respondent has leave to file and serve its foreshadowed application for a stay of enforcement of the judgment. Note: Entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 39.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011.
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