Commonwealth Bank of Australia v MacDonald [2000] NSWSC 93

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Commonwealth Bank of Australia v MacDonald [2000] NSWSC 93 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 10047/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 21 February 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 March 2000

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Plaintiff)

PARTIES : Ian Harley Donald MacDonald (First Defendant)

Elizabeth Helen MacDonald (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr R Hollo (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Mr M J Watts (Defendants) Abbott Tout (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Searle & Associates (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Summary judgment - possession LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules Air Services Australia v Zarb (NSWSC unreported, 26 August 1998) Dey v Victorian Railway Commisioners (1948-49) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 Gibson v Parkes District Hospital (1991-92) 26 NSWLR 9 Moscow Narodney Bank Limited v Mosbert Finance (Aust) Pty Limited & Ors [1976] WAR 109 Wallingford v Mutual Society (1880) 5 AppCas 685 CASES CITED : Bank fur Gemeinwirtschaft v City of London Garages [1971] 1 All ER 541 Garcia v National Australia Bank Limited (1998) CLR 395; (1998) 72 ALJR 1243 Commercial Bank of Australia v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 Radin v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (unreported Federal Court of Australia, 23 October 1998) Commonwealth Bank of Australia v MacDonald & Anor (unreported Master Malpass, 7 July 1997) Vadusz v Pioneer Concrete (SA) Pty Limited 1995) 184 CLR 102 Blomley v Ryan (1956) 99 CLR 362 Collier & Anor v Molend Finance Corporation (Victoria) Pty Limited (1989) NSWConVR 58.438 Ishac v David Securities Pty Limaited (No 9) (NSWSC unreported, 6 June 1992) DECISION : See para 29