Tjiong v Tjiong: 2019/278508 [2021] NSWSC 1389

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Tjiong v Tjiong: 2019/278508 [2021] NSWSC 1389 Hearing dates: 13 August, 21 September, 10 November, 1 December 2020; 7 June, 5 October 2021 Date of orders: 29 October 2021 Decision date: 29 October 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Parker J Decision: See [265]-[266] Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – standing – application to set aside previous judgment of the court – plaintiff bankrupted – whether application "property" which vested in trustee – whether proceedings automatically stayed – exception for "personal injury or wrong" done to bankrupt CIVIL PROCEDURE – res judicata – application to set aside previous judgment of the court – previous application dismissed by consent – whether dismissal final and "on the merits" – abuse of process CIVIL PROCEDURE – pleadings – application to set aside previous judgment of the court – whether statement of claim viable – defendants' responsibility for alleged fraud – materiality of alleged fraud – where previous judgment of the court had been appealed Legislation Cited: Bankruptcy Act 1924 (Cth), s 63 Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), ss 5, 58, 60, 116 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 64, 91, 98 District Court Act 1912 (NSW) District Court Rules 1973 (NSW), Pt 31, r 12A Passenger Transport Act 1990 (NSW), s 11 Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 (Imp) (36 & 37 Vict c 66) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 14.28, 36.15, 36.16 Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW), ss 4, 5, 6, 8 Cases Cited: Attorney General v Wilson [2010] NSWSC 1008 Baillieu Knight Frank (NSW) Pty Ltd v Ted Manny Real Estate Pty Ltd (1992) 30 NSWLR 359 Batistatos v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales (2006) 226 CLR 256 Black v Lipovac [1998] FCA 699 Boaler v Power [1910] 2 KB 229 Chamberlain v Deputy Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1988) 164 CLR 502 Chang v Tjiong [2009] NSWSC 122 Clone Pty Ltd v Players Pty Ltd (2018) 264 CLR 165 Coles v Burke (1987) 10 NSWLR 429 Cox v Journeaux (1935) 52 CLR 713 Cummings v Claremont Petroleum NL (1996) 185 CLR 124 D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid (2005) 223 CLR 1 Daemar v Industrial Commission (NSW) (1988) 12 NSWLR 45 Faulkner v Bluett (1981) 52 FLR 115 Fisher v Transport for NSW [2016] NSWSC 1888 Fletcher v Besser [2010] NSWCA 30 Flower v Lloyd (1877) 6 Ch D 297 Flower v Lloyd (1879) 10 Ch D 327 Graham Barclay Oysters Pty Ltd v Ryan (2002) 211 CLR 540 Gray v Furber (Supreme Court (NSW), 23 May 1995, unrep) Hamilton v Al Fayed (No 4) [2000] EWCA Civ 2012 Hip Foong Hong v H Neotia & Co [1918] AC 888 Holmes v Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co (Aust) Ltd (1984) 73 FLR 88 J Earle Hermann Ltd v Ferry (1915) 32 WN (NSW) 31 Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446 Jonesco v Beard [1930] AC 298 Krakowski v Eurolynx Properties Ltd (1995) 183 CLR 563 Kuwait Airways Corp v Iraqi Airways Co [2003] EWHC 31 (Comm) McDonald v McDonald (1965) 113 CLR 529 Metropolitan Bank Ltd v Pooley (1885) 10 App Cas 210 Muir v Angeles [2020] NSWSC 1056 Nominal Defendant v Manning (2000) 50 NSWLR 139 Owens Bank Ltd v Bracco [1992] 2 AC 443 Re South American and Mexican Co, ex p Bank of England [1895] 1 Ch 37 Redgrave v Hurd (1882) 20 Ch D 1 Reichel v Magrath (1889) 14 App Cas 665 Rogers v Legal Services Commission (SA) (1995) 64 SASR 572 Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Highland Financial Partners LP [2013] EWCA Civ 328 Salekipour v Parmar [2018] 2 WLR 1090 Samootlin v Shea [2010] NSWCA 371 Sheehan v Brett-Young (No 3) [2016] VSC 39 Singh v The Owners Strata Plan 11723 [2013] NSWSC 1595 Spies v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1991) 24 NSWLR 691 Tjiong v Tjiong [2010] NSWSC 578 Tjiong v Tjiong [2012] NSWCA 201 Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 507 Unsworth v Commissioner for Railways (1958) 101 CLR 73 Texts Cited: Grant, T, and D Mumford, Civil Fraud: Law, Practice & Procedure (2018, Sweet & Maxwell) Handley, K R, Spencer, Bower and Handley: Res Judicata (5th ed, 2019, LexisNexis Butterworths) Sheridan, L A, "Fraud and Surprise in Legal Proceedings" (1955) 18(5) Modern Law Review 441 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Motion filed 10 March 2020 Katrina May Lan Tjiong (First Applicant/First Defendant) Lindsay Kuang Djin Tjiong (Second Applicant/Second Defendant) Richard Tat Tjhien Tjiong (Respondent/Plaintiff)