Foundas v Arambatzis (No 6) [2024] NSWCA 231

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Foundas v Arambatzis (No 6) [2024] NSWCA 231 Hearing dates: 17 September 2024 Date of orders: 17 September 2024 Decision date: 26 September 2024 Before: Ward P; White JA; Kirk JA Decision: Notice of motion filed 20 May 2024 by Cassiani Foundas and Bill Foundas for a stay of execution of the writ of possession in relation to the property in Magee Street, Ashcroft is dismissed with costs. Catchwords: JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS — Enforcement — Application for stay of writ of possession — Where execution of writ previously stayed based on evidence later found to be a forgery — Where concurrent hearing of application for leave to appeal and substantive appeal was stayed until determination of criminal proceedings against first applicant relating to the forged evidence — Whether writ of possession ought be stayed pending determination of appeal — No reasonable arguable grounds for appeal — Stay least likely to lead to injustice when all relevant factors balanced — Application rejected and notice of motion dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 317(c) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 85 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 36.15, 36.16 Cases Cited: Alexander v Cambridge Credit Corporation Ltd (Receivers Appointed) (1985) 2 NSWLR 685 Arambatzis v Foundas (No 2) [2021] NSWCA 125 Arambatzis v Foundas (No 3) [2021] NSWCA 189 Arambatzis v Foundas [2024] NSWSC 400 Arambatzis v Foundas; Foundas v Wengel [2021] NSWCA 78 Bobolas v Waverley Council [2014] NSWCA 131 Foundas v Arambatzis [2020] NSWCA 47 Foundas v Arambatzis (No 4) [2020] NSWCA 100 Foundas v Arambatzis (No 5) [2022] NSWCA 113 Foundas v Arambatzis (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 1513 Foundas v Arambatzis (No 4) [2023] NSWSC 1648 Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118; [2003] HCA 22 Kable v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWCA 243 Vaughan v Dawson [2008] NSWCA 169 Yeshiva Synagogue Inc v Karimbla Properties (No10) Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 331 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Cassiani Foundas (First Applicant) Bill Foundas (Second Applicant) Peter Arambatzis (First Respondent) Sean Magnus Wengel (Second Respondent) Robert William Whitton (Third Respondent) Representation: Counsel: First Applicant (Self-represented) Second Applicant (Self-represented) D Barlin / T Harris-Roxas (First Respondent) S Chen (Second and Third Respondents)