Pacific Carriers -v- Banque Nationale de Paris [2000] NSWSC 722

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Pacific Carriers -v- Banque Nationale de Paris [2000] NSWSC 722 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division Admiralty List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 08/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 19.6.00, 20.6.00, 21.6.00, 22.6.00, 26.6.00, 27.6.00, 28.6.00, 29.6.00, 4.7.00 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 July 2000

PARTIES : Pacific Carriers Limited -v- Banque Nationale de Paris & New England Agricultural Traders Pty Limited JUDGMENT OF : Hunter J

Plaintiff: A Street SC & G Nell First Defendant: P King & M Pesman COUNSEL : Second Defendant: In person Cross Defendant on Second Cross Claim : F Douglas QC & G Rich Plaintiff: Norton White SOLICITORS : First Defendant: Corrs Chambers Westgarth Second Defendant: In person Cross Defendant on Second Cross Claim: Phillips Fox CATCHWORDS : Practice and procedure - adjournment the consequence of default of parties' - liability for costs of cross defendants occasioned by adjournment. DECISION : On application of first defendant proceedings adjourned to 11 December 2000. The plaintiff and first defendant jointly and severally liable for the cross defendant's costs occasioned by and thrown away by the adjournment. Leave to the plaintiff to amend. Plaintiff to pay the parties' costs occasioned by or incidential to the amendment. First defendant to pay the parties' costs of its application for leave to amend.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION

ADMIRALTY LIST

HUNTER J

WEDNESDAY 26 JULY 2000

08/99 PACIFIC CARRIERS LIMITED -V- BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS & NEW ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL TRADERS PTY LIMITED