GC Group Company Pty Ltd v Bingo Holdings Pty Ltd (No 3) [2021] NSWSC 252

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: GC Group Company Pty Ltd v Bingo Holdings Pty Ltd (No 3) [2021] NSWSC 252 Hearing dates: 12 March 2021 Date of orders: 18 March 2021 Decision date: 18 March 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity - Technology and Construction List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Leave to amend List Response refused Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – pleading – alleged apportionable claim – whether adequately pleaded – where defendant cannot identify particular concurrent wrongdoers but alleges they must be within a closed class of named parties Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 No 22 (NSW) Civil Liability Amendment (Personal Responsibility) Act 2002 No 22 (NSW) Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) Cases Cited: CHSM Hill Australia Pty Ltd v New South Wales [2012] NSWSC 963 Dartberg Pty Ltd v Wealthcare Financial Planning Pty Ltd (2007) 164 FCR 450; [2007] FCA 1216 Esso Australia Pty Limited v Australian Workers' Union (2017) 263 CLR 551; [2017] HCA 54 GC Group Co Pty Ltd v Bingo Holdings Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1360 GC Group Co Pty Ltd v Bingo Holdings Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 598 Hart v JGC Accounting & Financial Services Pty Ltd [2015] WASCA 22 HSD Co Pty Ltd v Masu Financial Management Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 1279 Hunt & Hunt Lawyers v Mitchell Morgan Nominees Pty Ltd (2013) 247 CLR 613; [2013] HCA 10 Liprini v Hale [2020] NSWCA 130 Meandarra Aerial Spraying Pty Ltd v GEJ Geldard Pty Ltd atf G&M Geldard Family Trust [2013] 1 Qd R 319; [2012] QCA 315 Owners – Strata Plan No 68372 v Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd [2013] NSWSC 1095 Owners – Strata Plan No 87265 v Saaib [2021] NSWSC 150 Owners Corporation Strata Plan 70579 v Midwest Constructions Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 644 Permanent Custodians Ltd v King [2010] NSWSC 509 Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v Kotevski [2009] NSWSC 954 Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd v Paladin Wholesale Funding Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 473 Re Kupang Resources Ltd [2018] NSWSC 1872 Reinhold v New South Wales Lotteries Corp (No 2) (2008) 82 NSWLR 762; [2008] NSWSC 187 Trajkovski v Simpson [2019] NSWCA 52 Ucak v Avante Developments Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 367 Woodhouse v Fitzgerald and McCoy (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 450 Texts Cited: P Herzfeld and T Prince, Interpretation (2nd Ed, 2020, Thomson Reuters) McDougall J, 'Proportionate Liability in Construction Litigation' (2006) 22 BCL 394 DC Pearce and RS Geddes, Statutory Interpretation in Australia (8th Ed, 2014, LexisNexis Butterworths) Practice Note SC Eq 3 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: GC Group Company Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Bingo Holdings Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Bingo Recycling Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) Bingo Waste Services Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) Wollongong Recycling (NSW) Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr F Corsaro SC with Mr D Byrne (Plaintiff) Mr PW Larkin SC with Mr T To (Defendants)