Jambrecina v Pyramid Building Society (In Liq) & Anor [2001] NSWSC 175

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Jambrecina v Pyramid Building Society (In Liq) & Anor [2001] NSWSC 175 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20522/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 March 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 March 2001

Drago Jambrecina (Plaintiff)

PARTIES : Pyramid Building Society (In Liq) (First Defendant)

Farrow Mortgage Services (In Liq) (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr S T White with COUNSEL : Ms N O'brast (Defendants) Mr D Jambrecina (Plaintiff in person) SOLICITORS : Clayton Utz (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Summary judgment - leave to proceed against a company in liquidation Corporations Law LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules Limitation Act 1969 Associated Securities Finance v Harrow Properties Pty Limited (NSWSC, Lee J 26 May 1977, unreported) Henderson v Henderson [1843-69] All ER 378 Port Melbourne Authority v Ashun Pty Limited (1981) 147 CLR 589 Jones v Insole (1981) 64 LT 703 CASES CITED : Re Page [1910] 1 Ch 489 Hall v The nominal Defendant (1967-68) 117 CLR 423 Hunt v Allied Bakeries Ltd [1956] 1 WLR 1326 Re South American & Mexican Co Export Bank of England [1895] 1 Ch 37 Dinch v Dinch [1987] 1 WLR 252 Bryant v Commonwealth Bank (1994) 123 ALR 642 DECISION : (1) The plaintiff's statement of claim filed 31 October 2000 is dimissed (2) The plaintiff's notice of motion filed 28 September 2000 is dismissed (3) The plaintiff is to pay the defendants' costs of the motions and of the proceedings