Shreeve & Ors v Jourdan [2025] NSWSC 102

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Shreeve & Ors v Jourdan [2025] NSWSC 102 Hearing dates: 10 October 2024 Date of orders: 26 February 2025 Decision date: 26 February 2025 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Faulkner J Decision: (1) The proceedings are dismissed. (2) The plaintiffs pay the defendant's costs. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – s 134 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 provides that certain enforcement steps not permissible after 12 years without leave of the Court – fresh action on a judgment debt – whether action an abuse of process – proceedings dismissed. Legislation Cited: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), s 41 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 6, 101, 103,133, 134, 138 District Court Act 1973 (NSW), s 83A Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), s 17 Rules of the Supreme Court (UK), RSC Order 46 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, rr 13.4, 14.28 Cases Cited: Berkeley v Elderkin (1853) 1 EL&BL 805 Bennett v Royal Bank of Scotland [2004] EWCA Civ 988 Brisbane South Regional Authority v Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541 Chohan v Times Newspapers Limited [2001] 1 WLR 184 Dennehy v Reasonable Endeavours Pty Ltd (2003) 130 FCR 494; [2003] FCAFC 158 Duffy v De Rozzali (1887) 8 LR 153 Fitz-Gibbon v Inspector General in Bankruptcy [2000] FCA 1677 Greville v Bird (1867) 6 SCR (NSW) 253 Habib Bank Ltd v Central Bank of Sudan [2014] EWHC 2288 (Comm) HK Frost Holdings Pty Ltd (in liq) v Darvall McCutcheon [1999] FCA 795 Hunter v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police [1982] AC 529 John Lewis Food Service Pty Ltd v Mervyn Reynolds [2014] VSCA 162. Kuwait Oil Tanker Company SAK v Al Bader [2008] EWHC 2432 (Comm) Lowsley v Forbes [1998] 3 WLR 501 Ogbonna, In the matter of Ogbonna [2023] FCA 1334 Page v McKensey [2009] NSWCA 127 Pyramid Building Society v Terry (1997) 189 CLR 176 Spencer v The Commonwealth (2010) 241 CLR 118 Storey v Lane (1981) 147 CLR 549 Williams v Department of Environment & Resources Management (No.2) [2015] QLAC 1 Williams v Jones (1845) 13 M&W 628; 153 ER 262 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Glenda Alice Shreeve (First Plaintiff) Colin Bruce Shreeve (Second Plaintiff) C & G Building Consultants Pty Ltd ACN 106 155 275 as trustee for C & G Unit Trust (Third Plaintiff) Malachi Corporation Pty Ltd (Fourth Plaintiff)