Haigh & Anor v Haddad & Anor [2024] NSWSC 904

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Haigh & Anor v Haddad & Anor [2024] NSWSC 904 Hearing dates: 19 – 20 July 2023 23 August 2023 Date of orders: 26 July 2024 Decision date: 26 July 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Weinstein J Decision: With respect to the Notice of Motion brought by the defendants dated 20 July 2023:- (1) The time for service of the Notice of Motion be abridged pursuant to r 1.12 of the UCPR; (2) The first defendant be removed as a party to the proceedings pursuant to r 6.29(a) of the UCPR; and (3) Each of the plaintiffs and the defendants is to bear their own costs of the motion. With respect to the substantive proceedings:- (1) Orders 2 and 4 made by Harrison AsJ on 21 October 2022 be set aside; (2) Pursuant to r 13.4 of the UCPR, the proceedings are dismissed; (3) The plaintiffs are to pay the defendants' costs of these proceedings; and (4) In the absence of an agreement as to the costs reserved by Harrison AsJ, the parties are to contact my Associate within 14 days of this judgment, so that the matter can be listed for argument. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — summary disposal — dismissal of proceedings — appeal from Associate Justice — No reasonable cause of action disclosed — reflective loss — whether reflective loss principle applies to indirect shareholders — abuse of process — where multiple prior proceedings brought on behalf of related party — proceedings dismissed Legislation Cited: Australian Consumer Law (Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Sch 2) Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Crown Proceedings Act 1988 (NSW) Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Ballard v Multiplex (2008) 68 ACSR 208; [2008] NSWSC 1019 Ballard v Multiplex Ltd [2012] NSWSC 426 CBRE (V) Pty Ltd v Trilogy Funds Management Ltd (2021) 107 NSWLR 202; [2021] NSWCA 316 Central Coast Council v Norcross Pictorial Calendars Pty Ltd (2021) 391 ALR 157; [2021] NSWCA 75 City of Botany Bay Council v Jazabas Pty Limited [2001] NSWCA 94 D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid (2005) 223 CLR 1; [2005] HCA 12 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1948) 78 CLR 62 Do Carmo v Ford Excavations Pty Ltd (1981) 1 NSWLR 409 Emanuele v Hedley & Ors (1998) 179 FCR 290 Fleet v Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSW) [2005] NSWSC 926 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125; [1964] HCA 69 Jazabas Pty Ltd v Haddad [2006] NSWSC 559 Jazabas Pty Ltd v Haddad [2007] NSWCA 291 Jazabas v Botany Council [2000] NSWSC 58 Johnson v Gore Wood & Co [2002] 2 AC 1 Jones v State of New South Wales [2020] NSWSC 830 Leerdam v Noori (2009) 227 FLR 210; [2009] NSWCA 90 Magill v Magill (2006) 226 CLR 551 at 562; [2006] HCA 51 Massalski v Owners SP 90255 [2023] NSWSC 23 Mineralogy Pty Ltd v Sino Iron Pty Ltd (No 2) (2021) 57 WAR 468; [2021] WASCA 105 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Naidu (2007) 71 NSWLR 471; [2007] NSWCA 377 Neilson v City of Swan (2006) 147 LGERA 136; [2006] WASCA 94 New South Wales v Mulcahy [2006] NSWCA 303 New South Wales v Spedding [2023] NSWCA 180 Northern Territory v Mengel (1995) 185 CLR 307; [1995] HCA 65 Pao v Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Archdiocese of Sydney [2011] NSWSC 1216 Plaintiff M83A/2019 v Morrison (No 2) [2020] FCA 1198 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589; [1981] HCA 45 Strickland (a pseudonym) v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (2018) 266 CLR 325 Thomas v D'Arcy [2005] 1 Qd R 666; QCA 68 Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England [2003] 2 AC 1 Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Limited (2015) 256 CLR 507; [2015] HCA 28 Turner v Bulletin Newspaper Co Pty Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 69; [1974] HCA 25 UBS AG v Tyne (2018) 265 CLR 77; [2018] HCA 45 Victoria International Container Terminal Ltd v Lunt (2021) 271 CLR 132; [2021] HCA 11 Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 at 533; [1992] HCA 55 Wickstead v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1 Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England [2003] 2 AC 1 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Stephen William Haigh (First Applicant) Dimitrios Kikiras (Second Applicant) Department of Planning NSW (First Respondent) Sam Haddad (Second Respondent) State of New South Wales (Third Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P King (First and Second Applicants) V Thomas (First, Second and Third Respondents)