Newcastle City Council v Gippsreal Limited [2016] NSWDC 455

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Newcastle City Council v Gippsreal Limited [2016] NSWDC 455 Hearing dates: 4 and 7 November 2016 Date of orders: 7 November 2016 Decision date: 07 November 2016 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: P Taylor SC DCJ Decision: (1) Dismiss the defendant's motion for leave to amend. (2) Judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $420,565.10. (3) Defendant pay the plaintiff's costs. (4) Grant a stay of these orders for 14 days. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — summary disposal — judgment for plaintiff — no defence CIVIL PROCEDURE — pleadings — striking out — no reasonable cause of action or defence CIVIL PROCEDURE — pleadings — amendment – recovery of rates – rates levied prior to defendant becoming owner – statutory entitlement of Council Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 56 Local Government Act 1993, s 3, s 546, s 560, s 571, s 698, s 710, s 711 Local Government (General) Regulation 2005, reg 127 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 13.1, r 14.28 Cases Cited: Alcan (NT) Alumina Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Territory Revenue [2009] HCA 41 Anderson v Commissioner of Taxes (Vic) (1937) 57 CLR 233 Certain Lloyd's Underwriters v Cross [2012] HCA 56 Deputy Commissioner v Zammitt [2014] NSWCA 104 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) [1964] HCA 69; (1964) 112 CLR 125 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28 Rail Corporation New South Wales v Brown [2012] NSWCA 296 Vean of 2002 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2003) 204 ALR 80 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Newcastle City Council (plaintiff) Gippsreal Limited (defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr P L Dodson (plaintiff) Mr P D Reynolds (defendant)