St George v Wallis [2001] NSWSC 23

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : St George v Wallis [2001] NSWSC 23 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division Commercial List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50571/92; 50049/93 HEARING DATE(S) : 29/01/01, 30/01/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 February 2001

PARTIES : St George Commercial Credit Corporation Limited - Plaintiff/Respondent Barry Donald Wallis and Anne Wallis - Defendants/Applicants JUDGMENT OF : Rolfe J

COUNSEL : Mr C.R.C. Newlinds - Plaintiff/Respondent Mr P.M. Biscoe QC - Defendants/Applicants SOLICITORS : Kemp Strang - Plaintiff/Respondent Bowles and Company - Defendants/Applicants CATCHWORDS : Notice of Motion - Finalisation of Proceedings LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 Phillips v Walsh (1990) 20 NSWLR 206 CASES CITED : Roberts v Gippsland Agricultural and Earth Moving Contracting Co Pty Limited [1956] VLR 555 Darling Downs Investments Pty Limited v Ellwood (1988) 18 FCR 510 Spies v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1991) 24 NSWLR 691 DECISION : (a) Judgment for Mr and Mrs Wallis against St George Commercial Credit Corporation Limited in the sum of $279,776.06; (b) St George Commercial Credit Corporation Limited pay the costs of Mr and Mrs Wallis of the Notice of Motion filed on 28 September 2000; (c) The exhibits be returned at the expiration of twenty-eight (28) days unless within that period an appeal against this decision has been brought

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Introduction (i) The Issues 1 (ii) The Initial Proceedings 2 (iii) The Letters Giving Rise To The Present Claim 11 (iv) The Orders Made At First Instance 15 (v) The Proceedings On Appeal 16 (vi) What Happened Thereafter 26