CBRE (V) Pty Limited v Trilogy Funds Management Limited [2021] NSWCA 316

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: CBRE (V) Pty Limited v Trilogy Funds Management Limited [2021] NSWCA 316 Hearing dates: 1 November 2021 Date of orders: 14 December 2021 Decision date: 14 December 2021 Before: Bell P at [1]; Basten JA at [45]; Macfarlan JA at [46] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal. (2) Dismiss the appeal. (3) Order the appellant to pay the respondent's costs of the appeal, including the application for leave to appeal. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – summary dismissal of proceedings – abuse of process – separate proceedings brought by different plaintiffs against same defendant – overlapping factual and legal issues – judgment delivered in first proceedings – application for leave to appeal against primary judge's refusal to summarily dismiss second proceedings – actions of plaintiff in second proceedings not unreasonable – absence of any decisive overriding consideration of public interest – no abuse of process in second proceedings Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 601FB, 601FC, 601FS Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) Trustee Act 1925 (NSW), s 63 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 6.19 Cases Cited: Adam P Brown Male Fashions Pty Ltd v Phillip Morris Inc (1981) 148 CLR 170; [1981] HCA 39 Batistatos v Roads and Traffic Authority (NSW) (2006) 226 CLR 256 Challenger Group Holdings Ltd v Concept Equity Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 374 City Pacific (in liq) v CBRE (V) Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 456 Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia v Inglis (1974) 131 CLR 311; [1974] HCA 17 In the Will of Gilbert (1946) 46 SR (NSW) 318 Johnson v Gore Wood & Co [2002] 2 AC 1 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298; [1959] HCA 8 Kuhl v Zurich Financial Services Australia Ltd (2011) 243 CLR 361; [2011] HCA 11 Macedonian Orthodox Community Church St Petka Inc v His Eminence Petar the Diocesan Bishop of the Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (2008) 237 CLR 66; [2008] HCA 42 MCC Proceeds Inc v Lehman Bros International (Europe) [1998] 4 All ER 675 McKinnon v Adams [2003] VSC 116 Messier-Dowty Ltd v Sabena SA (No 2) [2000] 1 WLR 2040; [2000] EWCA 25 Moore v Inglis (1976) 50 ALJR 589; 9 ALR 509 Moubarak by his tutor Coorey v Holt (2019) 100 NSWLR 218; [2019] NSWCA 102 Murakami v Wiryadi (2010) 268 ALR 377; [2010] NSWCA 7 O'Shane v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd (2013) 85 NSWLR 698; [2013] NSWCA 315 Photios v Photios (2019) 372 ALR 264; [2019] NSWCA 158 PPK Willoughby v Baird [2019] NSWCA 48 Qantas Airways Ltd v Rohrlach [2021] NSWCA 48; (2021) 304 IR 218 Reichel v Magrath (1889) 14 App Cas 665 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Limited (2015) 256 CLR 507; [2015] HCA 28 Toronto (City) v C.U.P.E Local 79 [2003] 3 SCR 77; SCC 63 UBS AG v Tyne (2018) 265 CLR 77; [2018] HCA 45 Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Zodiac Seats UK Ltd [2014] AC 160 Voth v Manildra Flour Mills Pty Ltd (1990) 171 CLR 538; [1990] HCA 55 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 Wigmans v AMP Limited (2019) 103 NSWLR 543; [2019] NSWCA 243 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509; [1992] HCA 34 Texts Cited: J D Heydon and M J Leeming, Jacobs' Law of Trusts in Australia (8th ed, 2016, LexisNexis) Category: Principal judgment Parties: CBRE (V) Pty Limited (Applicant) Trilogy Funds Management Limited as trustee and responsible entity of the Pacific First Mortgage Fund (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Stoljar SC / A Avery-Williams (Applicant) J C Giles SC / B G Curtin (Respondent)