Metledge v Owners – Strata Plan 87778 & Anor [2020] NSWSC 891

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Metledge v Owners – Strata Plan 87778 & Anor [2020] NSWSC 891 Hearing dates: 6 July 2020 Date of orders: 7 July 2020 Decision date: 07 July 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity - Corporations List Before: White J Decision: See paras [106] and [110]. Catchwords: CORPORATIONS – Winding-up – interlocutory process to set aside winding-up order pursuant to r 36.15 or 36.16(2)(b) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 – where orders made in the absence of the Company – where originating process and statutory demand deliberately not brought to the attention of the applicant's solicitor – where neither the creditor nor the liquidator disputed the solvency of the Company COSTS — Party/Party – where orders set aside pursuant to r 36.16(2)(b) and originating process dismissed – whether applicant or respondent ought to bear the costs of the interlocutory process and the originating process – whether applicant seeking an indulgence in light of finding that the originating process and statutory demand were deliberately not brought to the attention of the applicant's solicitor –where that decision the principal cause of the incurring of costs in the proceedings Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 98 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 198G, 482, Sch 2 Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW), ss 85, 90, 104 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 76 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 36.15, 36.16, 42 Cases Cited: Double Bay Newspapers v The Fitness Lounge [2006] NSWSC 226; (2006) 57 ACSR 131 George Ward Steel Pty Ltd v Kizkot Pty Limited (1989) 15 ACLR 464 J & M McNamee Holdings Pty Ltd v Mungerie Vale Pty Ltd t/as Greenwood, Group Realtors [2019] NSWCA 283 Labraga v Pomfret [2005] NSWSC 654 Lane Cove Council v Geebung Polo Club Pty Limited (Green as liquidator) and Ors (No 2) [2002] NSWSC 118; (2002) 41 ACSR 15 Owners Strata Plan 50411 v Cameron North Sydney Investments Pty Limited [2003] NSWCA 5 Re Day & Night Online Transport Pty Ltd (in liq) [2018] NSWSC 796 Re Future Life Enterprises Pty Limited (1994) 33 NSWLR 559 Re Rosecell Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 1914 Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations v Murnkurni Women's Aboriginal Corporation (in liq) (1995) 58 FCR 125 Symes v Proprietors Strata Plan 31731 [2003] NSWCA 7 Walker v Midlink Nominees Pty Limited [2000] WASC 112; 34 ACSR 210 Buckland Products Pty Limited v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation Commonwealth [2003] VSCA 85 Brolrik Pty Ltd v Sambah Holdings Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 1171; 40 ACSR 361 Texts Cited: G E Dal Pont, Law of Costs 3rd ed LexisNexis Butterworths, 2013 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Tony Joseph Metledge (Applicant) Owners – Strata Plan 87778 (First Respondent) Jason Lloyd Porter and Shumit Banerjee (as liquidators of Orico Properties Pty Ltd) (Second Respondent) Orico Properties Pty Ltd (in liquidation) (Third Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Applicant) J Cook (First Respondent) H Somerville (Second Respondent)