Kavia Holdings Pty Limited & 1 Ors v Werncog Pty Limited [1999] NSWSC 839

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Kavia Holdings Pty Limited & 1 Ors v Werncog Pty Limited [1999] NSWSC 839 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : 2585/98; 2016/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 18/08/99 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 August 1999

Kavia Holdings Pty Limited ACN 050 108 757 (First Plaintiff/Cross Defendant (First Cross-Claim)) PARTIES : Rocks Catering Pty Limited ACN 003 510 656 (Second Plaintiff) Werncog Pty Limited ACN 065 477 303 (Defendant/Cross Claimant (First and Second Cross-Claims)) John Anton Szangolies (Cross Defendant (Second Cross Claim)) JUDGMENT OF : Santow J

COUNSEL : A J Sullivan, QC/ A Leopold (Plaintiffs) D P Robinson (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Aubrey F Crawley & Co (Plaintiffs) Baker & McKenzie (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — Defendants' duty of candour not to mislead court in relation to conditions sought by the defendant to be imposed on plaintiff's injunction; Duty to court of party and of legal adviser. Jones v Dunkel (1958-9) 101 CLR 298 Thomas A Edison v Bullock (1912) 15 CLR 679 CASES CITED : Frigo v Culhaci (Court of Appeal, 17 July 1998, unreported) Holden v Waterlow (1866) 15 WAR 139 Moody v Cox [1917] 2 CH Pulse Microsystems Limited & Ors v Safesoft Systems Inc & Another (1996) 36 IPR 331 DECISION : Indemnity costs awarded where trial judge misled.

REVISED — 23 August, 1999 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES IN EQUITY

SANTOW J

Nos. 2585/98; 2016/98 KAVIA HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED ACN 050 108 757 First Plaintiff/Cross Defendant (First Cross-Claim) ROCKS CATERING PTY LIMITED ACN 003 510 656 Second Plaintiff WERNCOG PTY LIMITED ACN 065 477 303 Defendant/Cross Claimant (First and Second Cross-Claims) JOHN ANTON SZANGOLIES Cross Defendant (Second Cross-Claim)