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New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : HUNYH v. SWANSON & ANOR [1999] NSWSC 72 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : 11812/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 7 December 1998 JUDGMENT DATE : 17 February 1999
PARTIES : Van Tri HUNYH v. James Lawrence SWANSON & ANOR JUDGMENT OF : Greg James J at 1
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Local Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 1200/97 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : J.L. Swanson
Plaintiff: D.J. Fagan, SC/R. Horsley COUNSEL : First Defendant: Excused Second Defendant: P. Brereton, SC Plaintiff: Russell McLelland Brown SOLICITORS : First Defendant: Excused Second Defendant: Blake Dawson Waldron CATCHWORDS : Local Courts - civil claims - jurisdiction - action for enforcement of right derived from equitable principles - common money counts - availability of contribution at common law and in the Local Courts - contribution between co-guarantors - right at law or in equity.; Appeal - availability of stated case - no judgment or order -alternative of collateral appeal - supervisory orders - alternative to appeal in discretion.; Estoppel - Anschun estoppel - when available - evidence necessary.; "Action", "debt, demands or damages" defined Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act (1970) - ss.12 19 20 Supreme Court Act (1970) Common Law Procedure Act (1899) Anschun v. Port of Melbourne Authority (1981) 147 CLR 589 Johnson v. Gibbins (1985) 11 NW (NSW) 137 Ex parte Hornsby Shire Council re Crandon (1935) 53 WN (NSW) 22 Hope v. Bathurst Council (1980) 1 NSWLR 535 Re Carter Smith ACTS CITED : ex parte Taxation Commissioners (1908) 8 SR (NSW) 246 Webb v. Stenton (1883) 11 QB 518 Ogdens Limited v. Weinberg (1906) 95 LT 567 Hall Bros. SS. Co. Limited v. Young (1939) 1 KB 748 followed. Albion Insurance Co. Limited v. GIO (1969) 121 CLR 342 Mahoney v. McManus (1981) 180 CLR 370 McLean v. Discount & Finance Limited (1939) 64 CLR 312 McIntosh v. Shashoua (1931) 46 CLR 494 Abigroup Limited v. Abignano (1992) 39 FCR 74 Armstrong v. Commissioner of Stamp Duties (1967) 2 NSWLR 63 Morgan Equipment Co. v. Rodgers (No. 2) (1993) 33 NSWLR 467 AGC (Advances) Limited v. West (1984) 5 NSWLR 590 considered DECISION : Magistrate erred
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