Boland v SAS Trustee Corporation [2021] NSWDC 545

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Boland v SAS Trustee Corporation [2021] NSWDC 545 Hearing dates: 20 September 2022 and 6 October 2021 Plaintiff's supplementary written submissions 7 October 2021 and Defendant's supplementary written submissions 7 October 2021 Date of orders: 12 October 2021 Decision date: 12 October 2021 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Hatzistergos DCJ Decision: (1) The Defendant's Notice of Motion is dismissed (2) I will hear from the parties as to costs Catchwords: INTERLOCUTORY MOTION –– Motion for dismissal of proceedings for abuse of process pursuant to UCPR 36.14 – Consideration of principles applicable – Dismissal not appropriate where matters of fact and law are debateable JURISDICTION –– Application of section 10B(1) of the Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906 (NSW) to a former police officer – Status of previous decision of the Industrial Court in Court Session in Berrick Boland v SAS Trustee Corporation in light of SAS Trustee Corporation v Rossetti holding that the Industrial Relations Commission in Court Session lacked jurisdiction – Whether the previous decision of the Industrial Relations Court in Court Session in respect of s 10B(2) of the Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906 (NSW) precluded the District Court from hearing a further application under s 21 of the Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906 (NSW) by reason of issue estoppel and res judicata STATUTORY INTERPRETATION –– Application of s 48 of the Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) to s 10 B (2) Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906 (NSW) Legislation Cited: Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906 (NSW), ss 10B, 21 Superannuation Administration Act 1996 (NSW), s 88 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), ss 3, 5, 48 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.4 Cases Cited: Berrick Boland v SAS Trustee Corporation [1999] NSWIRComm 488 Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 Cameron v Cole (1944) 68 CLR 571 Collier v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 1359 DMW v CGW (1982) 151 CLR 491 Jennings v Commissioner of Police (1996) 13 NSWCCR 640 Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (1996) 189 CLR 51 Macks, Re; Ex parte Saint (2000) 204 CLR 158 Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs v Kurtovic (1990) 21 FCR 193 Residual Assco Group v Spalvins (2000) 202 CLR 629 Richardson v SAS Trustee Corporation (1999) 18 NSWCCR 423 SAS Trustee Corporation v Rossetti [2018] NSWCA 68 Schinnerl v The Commissioner of Police [1992] NSWCA 224 Simmons v New South Wales Trustee and Guardian [2014] NSWCA 405 Sleiman v Gadalla Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCA 236 State of New South Wales v Williams (2014) 242 A Crim R 22 Tomlinson v Ramsay Food Processing Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 507 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Berrick Boland (Plaintiff) SAS Trustee Corporation (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr T Hammond (Plaintiff) Mr T Ower (Defendant)