MARONIS HOLDINGS LTD & ANOR v. NIPPON CREDIT AUSTRALIA LTD & ORS [2000] NSWSC 482

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : MARONIS HOLDINGS LTD & ANOR v. NIPPON CREDIT AUSTRALIA LTD & ORS [2000] NSWSC 482 CURRENT JURISDICTION: EQUITY FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1946/94 HEARING DATE(S) : 30/05/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 June 2000

Maronis Holdings Limited - First Plaintiff Girvan Corporation (New Zealand) Ltd (In Liq.) - Second Plaintiff Nippon Credit Australia Ltd - First Defendant Paul Francis Petersen - Second Defendant PARTIES : Warren Alexander Duncan - Third Defendant Allan Raymond Ambler - Fourth Defendant Christopher Raymond McCulloch - Fifth Defendant Robert Vincent Ramsay - Sixth Defendant Brian Wilson and 46 others (t/as Clayton Utz) - Seventh Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Bryson J at 1

COUNSEL : B. Rayment QC/J.E. Marshall/J. Kennett for Plaintiffs SOLICITORS : Henry Davis York for Plaintiffs Allen Allen & Hemsley for First Defendant CATCHWORDS : LIMITATION OF ACTIONS - application for leave to file cross-claim - cross-claim of first defendant against plaintiffs - claim for principal and interest under mortgage over property at centre of principal proceedings - whether period for filing cross-claim was that for filing defence - where numerous amended statements of claim whether full interest over entire period recoverable. Conveyancing Act 1919 s 51A LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969 ss 11, 13, 14(1), 42(1), 43, 63, 74 Real Property Act 1900 s 36 Supreme Court Rules Pt 6 r 10(2), Pt 15 r 3(1), Pt 20 r 2A(2) CASES CITED : Nelson v Wyong Shire Council (1989) 68 LGRA 164 Weldon v Neal (1887) 19 QBD 394 DECISION : See para 23