State of Victoria v Patricia Dorothy Levine [2001] NSWSC 592

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : State of Victoria v Patricia Dorothy Levine [2001] NSWSC 592 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 11629/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 19/06/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 June 2001

PARTIES : State of Victoria v Patricia Dorothy Levine JUDGMENT OF : O'Keefe J

LOWER COURT District Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 10266/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : S Pell - For plaintiff R Dalgleish - For defendant For plaintiff: Malcolm Johns & Company Sydney SOLICITORS : For defendant: Carroll & O'Dea Sydney CATCHWORDS : Cross-vesting - Criteria for cross-vesting - Uplifting from District Court to Supreme Court - Transfer to another Supreme Court for further transfer to County Court - Jurisdiction - Amendment of basis for uplifting from District Court - Small claim - Delay in application - Additional costs if transferred - Additional delay if transferred Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-Vesting) Acts 1987 s.5, s.8 LEGISLATION CITED : District Court Act 1973 s.145 Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) s.14B Shannon v Lee Chun (1912) 15 CLR 157 Longhurst-Saunders v Cooper (1956) 73 WN (NSW) 455 Macdougall v Paterson (1851) 11 C.B. 755; 138 ER 672 Julius v Lord Bishop of Oxford (1880) 5 App Cas 214 at 224, 240 CASES CITED : Smith v Watson (1906) 2 CLR 802 at 811 O'Hare v DPP (2000) NSWSC 430, 22 May 2000, unreported James Hardie & Co Pty Limited v Barry; Seltsam pty Limited v Barry (2000) 50 NSWLR 357 Bankinvest AG v Seabrook & Ors (1988) 14 NSWLR 711 Spiliada Maritime corporation v Cansulex Ltd (1987) AC 460 Benson v Suncorp Metway Insurance Ltd (2000 TASSC, 28 June 2000 DECISION : Summons dismissed, with costs.