BREMNER & ANOR v SINCLAIR & ORS (No 2) [1999] NSWCA 407

New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : BREMNER & ANOR v SINCLAIR & ORS (No 2) [1999] NSWCA 407 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40615/95 HEARING DATE(S) : 18 May 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 October 1999

PARTIES : BRIAN SEFTON BREMNER & ANOR v SONDRA JEAN SINCLAIR & ORS (NO 2) JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Meagher JA at 66; Powell JA at 67

A: B Walker SC COUNSEL : 1R: B Rayment QC/D Kell 2R: J E Armfield submitting A: Corrs Chambers Westgarth SOLICITORS : 1R: John M Fitzgerald & Associates 2R: Gordon Cavanagh submitting CATCHWORDS : APPEAL - application to set aside earlier orders of the Court of Appeal - appeal by way of rehearing - alternative case presented - whether open to Court of Appeal to entertain a fresh point having regard to the way the case was conducted at trial - whether the capacity to raise an alternative point should be precluded where raising the issue below would have meant evidence could have been given which would have prevented the point from succeeding - scope of duty of appellate court to address new questions of law arising upon facts either admitted or proved beyond controversy ACTS CITED : Supreme Court Act s75A(10) CASES CITED: Bremner & Anor v Sinclair & Ors (Bremner No 1), Court of Appeal, unreported November 1998, Suttor v Gundowda Pty Limited (1950) 81 CLR 418, University of Wollongong v Metwally (No 2) (1985) 59 ALJR 481, 60 ALR 68, Coulton v Holcombe (1986) 162 CLR 1, Water Board v Moustakas (1988) 180 CLR 491, Gipp v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 106, Ah Yick v Lehmert (1905) 2 CLR 593, Autodesk Inc v Dyason (No 2) (1993) 176 CLR 300, Castanho v Brown & Root (UK) Ltd [1981] AC 557, Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251, Council of the Municipality of Woollahra v Sved (24 July 1998, Court of Appeal, unreported), Multicon Engineering Pty Ltd v Federal Airports Corporation (15 October 1997, Court of Appeal, unreported), State Rail Authority of New South Wales v Earthline Constructions Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) (1999) 160 ALR 588, Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531, Hanson v Wearmouth Coal Co [1939] 3 All ER 47, Castellan v Electric Power Transmission Pty Ltd (1967) 68 SR (NSW) 159, Helicopter Sales (Australia) Pty Ltd (1974) 48 ALJR 390, Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia Limited v Murphy (1973) 47 ALJR 122, Berkeley Challenge Pty Limited v Potbury (Court of Appeal, 18 December 1997, unreported) DECISION : Parties to bring in Short Minutes within 14 days