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New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Esanda v Gibbons [1999] NSWSC 1094 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : 5051/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 and 29 October 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 October 1999
Esanda Finance Corporation Ltd (P) PARTIES : John Raymond Gibbons (D1) Trans-Pacific International Group Ltd (Receiver and Manager Appointed) (Administrators Appointed) (D2) Busrent Pty Ltd (Receiver and Manager Appointed) (D3) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J
COUNSEL : C Newlinds (P) G Sirtes (D) SOLICITORS : Kemp Strang (P) Henry Davis York (D) CATCHWORDS : TORT - conversion - plaintiff relying on right to immediate possession - defendant precluded by conduct from pleading jus tertii; PRACTICE & PROCEDURE - application to strike out defence - principle where difficult question of law is involved Butler v Hobson [1838] 4 Bing (NC) 290 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner of Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 CASES CITED : Henry Berry & Co Pty Limited v Rushton [1937] SR (Qld) 109 Leake v Loveday (1842) 4 Man & G 972 Standard Electronic Apparatus Laboratories Pty Limited v Stenner (1960) 77 WN (NSW) 833 Woods v Mason Bros Ltd (1892) 8 WN (NSW) 114 DECISION : Defence based on jus tertii struck out
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION
AUSTIN J
FRIDAY 29 OCTOBER 1999
5051/98 - ESANDA FINANCE CORPORATION LTD V JOHN RAYMOND GIBBONS & 2 ORS
JUDGMENT (Ex tempore; revised 9 November 1999)
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