Drabsch v Switzerland General Insurance Co Ltd [1999] NSWSC 460

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Drabsch v Switzerland General Insurance Co Ltd [1999] NSWSC 460 revised - 31/08/99 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : 3008/93 HEARING DATE(S) : 14 May 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 17 May 1999

Neil Gregory Drabsch (P) Switzerland General Insurance Co Ltd (D1) PARTIES : Andrew Chua (D2) Peter Edward Lepparde (D3) Allan Robert Whitehead (D4) Michael John McErlane (XD to 3rd XC) JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J

A B Shand QC and C E Moore (P) COUNSEL : J E Marshall and R S Hollo (D1) D G Charles (D2-4) S Rares SC and G Nell (XD to 3rd XC) Brock Partners (P) SOLICITORS : Minter Ellison (D1) Clayton Utz (D2-4) Levingstons (XD to 3rd XC) CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE [93], [95] - Procedure under Supreme Court Rules - Pleadings - General - Purpose of particulars - Whether claim adequately particularised - Whether enlargement of particulars ought be allowed during trial - Summary disposal - General principles - Summary dismissal of part of claim refused. Bailey v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1977) 136 CLR 214 Coles Myers Ltd v Bowman [1996] 1 VR 457 Dare v Pulham (1982) 148 CLR 658 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 672 CASES CITED : General Steel Industries Inc v The Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 McSpedden v Harnett (1942) 42 SR(NSW) 116 Philliponi v Leithead (1959) SR(NSW) 352 Sims v Wran [1984] 1 NSWLR 317 Webster v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 Wickstead v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1 DECISION : Applications for summary dismissal or striking out of part of cross claim dismissed. Application to enlarge particulars of cross claim refused.