W & K Consulting Pty Ltd v Leda Management Services as trustee for Leda (NSW) Finance Trust [2024] NSWDC 122

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: W & K Consulting Pty Ltd v Leda Management Services as trustee for Leda (NSW) Finance Trust [2024] NSWDC 122 Hearing dates: 27 March 2024 Date of orders: 18 April 2024 Decision date: 18 April 2024 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Acting Judge Levy SC Decision: See paragraph [70] for orders Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – notice of motion filed by applicant defendant pursuant to either UCPR r 13.4 or r 14.28 seeking dismissal or alternatively striking out of respondent plaintiff's proceedings – whether applicant defendant has established an Anshun estoppel to preclude the respondent plaintiff from further pursuing its claim – refusal of the relief sought Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56, s 58, s 91 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.4, r 14.28 Cases Cited: Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552 Athens & Anor v Randwick City Council [2005] NSWCA 317 Australian Consolidated Press Ltd v Morgan (1965) 112 CLR 483 Blair v Curran [1939] HCA 23; (1939) 62 CLR 464 Bott v Carter [2012] NSWCA 89 Champerslife Pty Ltd v Manojlovski [2010] NSWLR 25 Clayton v Bart (2020) 272 CLR 1 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62; [1949] HCA 1 Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd & Ors [2014] HCA 7; (2014) 251 CLR 640 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Habib v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 231 Hannigan v Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 641 O'Grady v Northern Queensland Co Ltd [1990] HCA 16; (1990) 169 CLR 356 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1961) 147 CLR 589 Re Dingjan : Ex Parte Wagner (1995) 183 CLR 323 Re South American and Mexican Co [1895] 1 Ch 37 Rogers v Wentworth (Unreported, NSWCA, per Hope, Samuels and Mahoney JJA, 18 April 1988 Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 28 Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd v Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd (No 17) [2023] WASC 72 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: W & K Consulting Pty Ltd ACN 159180819 (Plaintiff/Respondent) Leda Management Services as trustee for Leda (NSW) Finance Trust ACN 003467605 (Defendant/Applicant) Representation: Counsel: Mr J Darams SC (Plaintiff/Respondent) Mr C Bova SC with Mr J Anderson (Defendant/Applicant)