TSATSOULIS v WESTPAC [1999] NSWSC 193

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : TSATSOULIS v WESTPAC [1999] NSWSC 193 CURRENT JURISDICTION : COMMERCIAL FILE NUMBER(S) : 50033/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 24; 25 February 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 March 1999

George Tsatsoulis and Mary Tsatsoulis - Plaintiffs Westpac Banking Corporation - First Defendant Ironaid Pty Limited - Second Defendant PARTIES : John Niccolo Cosco - Third Defendant Kay Violet Cosco - Fourth Defendant James John Smiles - Fifth Defendant Trigamist Holdings Pty Limited - Seventh Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Rolfe J

Mr A.S. Howen - Plaintiffs Mr P.J.Dowdy - First Defendant COUNSEL : Mr M.K. Meek - Third, Fourth and Seventh Defendants Mr P.T. Russell - Fifth Defendant Ms M.L. Kelly (Solicitor) - Second Defendant Photios Vouroudis & Co - Plaintiffs Hunt & Hunt - First Defendant SOLICITORS : Nash O'Neill Tomko - Second Defendant Hickson Wisewoulds - Third, Fourth and Seventh Defendants Michael Jokovic & Associates - Fifth Defendant CATCHWORDS : Applications to strike out Further Amended Summons CASES CITED : Separate page DECISION : Order that the Further Further Amended Summons be struck out and leave to re-plead granted

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CASES CITED Strike Out Application: Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62; General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 and Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 applied.

Vicarious Liability: Munnings v Australian Government Solicitor (1994) 68 ALJR 169; Deatons Pty Limited v Flew (1949) 79 CLR 370 and Kooragang Investments Pty Limited v Richardson & Wrench Limited [1981] 2 NSWLR 1 at pp.7 and 8 applied.