Twigg v Twigg (No 5); Lambert v Twigg Investments; Pty Ltd (No 4) [2020] NSWSC 1782

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Twigg v Twigg (No 5); Lambert v Twigg Investments; Pty Ltd (No 4) [2020] NSWSC 1782 Hearing dates: 20 November 2020; 7 December 2020 and on the papers Decision date: 11 December 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Ball J Decision: See paragraph [58] Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Application to set aside or vary judgment – Application to reopen on the ground that the Court proceeded on misapprehension of fact – Where certain issues not addressed in final submissions – Where relevant evidence emerged during the course of the hearing or after trial – Where affidavit read in the course of interlocutory proceedings but not at trial EQUITY – Tracing – Application of the rule in Re Hallett's Estate, Knatchbull v Hallett (1880) 13 Ch D 696 – Where correct application of the rule requires analysis of payments in and out of a trust rather than analysis of individual assets held by the trust Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Autodesk Inc v Dyason (No 2) (1993) 176 CLR 300 Elliott v R (2007) 234 CLR 38 Re Hallett's Estate, Knatchbull v Hallett (1880) 13 Ch D 696 Re Oatway [2003] 2 Ch 356 Smith v NSW Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 256 Twigg v Twigg (No 4); Lambert v Twigg Investments Pty Ltd (No 3) [2020] NSWSC 1159 Category: Consequential orders (other than Costs) Parties: In 2019/71329 (Main Proceeding): Diane Twigg (First Plaintiff | First Cross Defendant) Ipswich Landfill Pty Ltd atf Ipswich Landfill Trust (Second Plaintiff | Second Cross Defendant) Brooklyn Landfill & Waste Recycling Pty Ltd (Third Plaintiff | Third Cross Defendant) Twigg Plant Hire Pty Ltd (Fourth Plaintiff/ Fourth Cross Defendant) Maxwell James Twigg (First Defendant | Fifth Cross Defendant) Twigg Landfill Pty Ltd (Second Defendant | Sixth Cross Defendant) Byron Bay Beach Hotel Properties Pty Ltd (Third Defendant | Seventh Cross Defendant) Twigg Consulting Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant | Eighth Cross Defendant) B Bay H Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant | Ninth Cross Defendant) Twigg Investments Pty Ltd (Sixth Defendant | Tenth Cross Defendant) Maly Holdings Pty Ltd (Seventh Defendant | Eleventh Cross Defendant) Twigg Property Development Pty Ltd (Eighth Defendant | Twelfth Cross Defendant) Twigg Motor Sport Pty Ltd (Ninth Defendant | Thirteenth Cross Defendant) Vision Motor Sport Pty Ltd (Tenth Defendant | Fourteenth Cross Defendant) Twigg Motor Racing Pty Ltd (Eleventh Defendant | Fifteenth Cross Defendant) Surf Street Holdings Pty Ltd (Twelfth Defendant | Sixteenth Cross Defendant) W & E Twigg Pty Ltd (Thirteenth Defendant | Seventeenth Cross Defendant) Frances Lambert (Fourteenth Defendant | Cross- Claimant) Twigg Co Pty Limited (Fifteenth Defendant) In 2018/212326 (UBE Proceedings): Frances Lambert (First Plaintiff) Elizabeth Flintoff (Second Plaintiff) Diane Twigg (Third Plaintiff) Twigg Investments Pty Limited atf Twigg Investments Trust (First Defendant) Maxwell Twigg (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: