KBRV RESORT OPERATIONS PTY LIMITED t/as KINGFISHER BAY RESORT & VILLAGE v CHILCOTT [2001] NSWCA 116

Reported Decision : 51 NSWLR 516

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : KBRV RESORT OPERATIONS PTY LIMITED t/as KINGFISHER BAY RESORT & VILLAGE v CHILCOTT [2001] NSWCA 116 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40568/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 March 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 3 May 2001

PARTIES : KBRV Resort Operations Pty Limited t/as Kingfisher Bay Resort & Village - Appellant Sandra Dennice Chilcott (formerly Smith) - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Ipp AJA at 43; Grove AJA at 44

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division LOWER COURT 20495/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Newman J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : A Ashburner - Appellant A S Morrison SC/R J Wright - Respondent SOLICITORS : Ferguson Holz - Appellant Stacks - The Law Firm - Respondent CATCHWORDS : Practice - transfer of proceedings - meaning of 'proceedings' - where lack of jurisdiction - District Court Act 1973, s145(1), s145(3) Choice of Law (Limitation Periods) Act 1993 Defamation Act 1992 (NZ) LEGISLATION CITED : District Court Act 1973 Domestic Protection Act 1982 (NZ) Interpretation Act 1987 Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) Anlaby v Praetorius (1888) 20 QBD 764 Cameron v Cole (1944) 68 CLR 571 China Ocean Shipping Co Ltd v PS Chellaram & Co Ltd (1990) 28 NSWLR 354 Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394 Craig v Kanssen [1943] KB 256 Hamp-Adams v Hall [1911] 2 KB 942 CASES CITED: Hewitson v Fabre (1888) 21 QBD 6 John Fairfax & Sons Ltd v Police Tribunal of NSW (1986) 5 NSWLR 465 John Pfeiffer Pty Ltd v Rogerson (2000) 74 ALJR 1109 Kronprinz, Owners of the cargo of v Owners of the Kronprinz (the Ardandhu) (1887) 12 AppCas 256 Mann v O'Neill (1997) 191 CLR 204 Munster v Lamb (1883) 11 QBD 588 Rawlinson v Oliver (1995) 3 NZLR 62 Smurthwaite v Hannay [1894] AC 494 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.