McMillan Investment Holdings Pty Limited v Mangos & Ors (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 1327

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: McMillan Investment Holdings Pty Limited v Mangos & Ors (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 1327 Hearing dates: 18 and 20 October 2023 Date of orders: 6 November 2023 Decision date: 06 November 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Chen J Decision: See [198] Catchwords: RESTITUTION – where monies paid in and out of Court by consent – whether first and second defendants entitled to interest on monies held by the plaintiff and received upon settlement – where no compulsion operated upon the first and second defendants and no erroneous judicial order made – where no judicial determination of rights and liabilities due to settlement JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS – double recovery – where plaintiff earlier settled part of claim with another intertwined party – where plaintiff alleges third defendant continues to owe money under loan – whether plaintiff already recovered monies owing by earlier settlement COSTS – application for costs where proceedings dismissed by consent – whether plaintiff capitulated on claims – where plaintiff earlier settled part of claim with another intertwined party – whether defendants achieved success across the claim and cross claims Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: ACN 116 149 092 Pty Ltd v Coopers Brewery Ltd [2006] FCA 1119 Australiawide Airlines Ltd v Aspirion Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 365 Baxter v Obacelo Pty Ltd (2000) 48 NSWLR 522; [2000] NSWCA 69 Benjamin & Khoury Pty Ltd v Rahme (No 4) [2023] NSWSC 1162 Bitannia Pty Ltd v Parkline Constructions Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 32 Boncristiano v Lohmann [1998] 4 VR 82 Commonwealth v McCormack (1984) 155 CLR 273; [1984] HCA 57 Dionisatos (for the Estate of the late George Dionysatos) v Acrow Formwork & Scaffolding Pty Ltd (2015) 91 NSWLR 34; [2015] NSWCA 281 Farrow Finance Co Ltd (in Liq) v ANZ Executors and Trustee Co Ltd [1998] 1 VR 50 FCA US LLC v Mahindra Automotive Australia Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 1091 Franklins Self Serve Pty Ltd v Wyber (1999) 48 NSWLR 249; [1999] NSWCA 390 Government Insurance Office of NSW v Aboushadi (1999) Aust Torts Reports 81–531; [1999] NSWCA 396 Heydon v NRMA Ltd (No 2) (2001) 53 NSWLR 600; [2001] NSWCA 445 Hyder Consulting (Victoria) Pty Ltd v CGU Insurance Limited [2003] VSC 223 McMillan Investment Holdings Pty Limited v Mangos & Ors [2023] NSWSC 1078 McMillan Investment Holdings Pty Ltd v Mangos [2021] NSWSC 1635 McMillan Investment Holdings Pty Ltd v Mangos [2021] NSWSC 37 McNamara v San [2010] NSWSC 809 Nadilo v Eagleton (2021) 250 LGERA 89; [2021] NSWCA 232 National Australia Bank Ltd v Bond Brewing Holdings Ltd [1991] 1 VR 386 Nichols v NFS Agribusiness Pty Ltd (2018) 97 NSWLR 681; [2018] NSWCA 84 One.Tel Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (2000) 101 FCR 548; [2000] FCA 270 Personal Representatives of Tang Man Sit v Capacious Investments Ltd [1996] AC 514 Ralph Lauren 57 Pty Ltd v Byron Shire Council (2014) 199 LGERA 424; [2014] NSWCA 107 Re Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622; [1997] HCA 6 SAS Trustee Corporation v Budd (2005) 3 DDCR 382; [2005] NSWCA 366 Shellharbour City Council v Minister for Local Government [2017] NSWCA 256 Townsend v Stone Toms & Partners (1984) 27 BLR 26 Woolworths Ltd v Strong (No 2) (2011) 80 NSWLR 445; [2011] NSWCA 72 Texts Cited: Keith Mason, JW Carter and Greg Tolhurst, Restitution Law in Australia (2nd ed, 2008, LexisNexis Butterworths) Keith Mason, JW Carter and Greg Tolhurst, Restitution Law in Australia (3rd ed, 2016, LexisNexis Butterworths) Category: Principal judgment Parties: McMillan Investment Holdings Pty Limited (plaintiff) John Bernard Mangos (first defendant) Natalie Mangos (second defendant) Christopher Wallace (third defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Lockhart SC with J T Svehla (plaintiff) A Fernon SC (first and second defendants) K Young (third defendant)