AB & MA Chick (Vic) Pty Ltd (In Liq) v 526 Olive Street Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 575

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : AB & MA Chick (Vic) Pty Ltd (In Liq) v 526 Olive Street Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 575 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division Construction List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 55013 of 2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 25 May and 6 July 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 July 2001

PARTIES : AB & MA Chick (Vic) Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) (Plaintiff/Respondent) 526 Olive Street Pty Ltd (Defendant/Applicant) JUDGMENT OF : Bergin J

COUNSEL : Mr M Christie (Plaintiff/Respondent) Mr T Davie (Defendant/Applicant) SOLICITORS : Kell Moore Solicitors (Plaintiff/Respondent) Blake Dawson Waldron (Defendant/Applicant) CATCHWORDS : [SUMMARY JUDGMENT] - Application for summary judgment in respect of balance of Progress Claim withheld by agreement. [INTERLOCUTORY MANDATORY INJUNCTION] - Whether such should be granted where no undertaking as to damages proffered and a lack of capacity to reinstate guarantee. Plaintiff in liqudiation prior to calling upon guarantee. LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act Part 13 Rule 2 Supreme Court Rules Abigroup Contractors Pty Ltd v Peninsula Balmain Pty Ltd, NSWSC, Hunter J, unreported 2 December 1999 Algons Engineering Pty Ltd v Abigroup Contractors Pty Ltd (1997) 14 BCL 215 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 CASES CITED : Fancourt v Mercantile Credits Ltd (1983-1984) 154 CLR 87 General Steel Industries Incorporated v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) & Ors (1964) 112 CLR 125 CS Phillips Pty Ltd v Baulderstone Hornibrook Pty Ltd NSWSC, Giles J, unreported 26 October 1994 Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 DECISION : Motion dismissed.