Council of the City of Bankstown v St George Air-Conditioning [2001] NSWSC 128

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Council of the City of Bankstown v St George Air-Conditioning [2001] NSWSC 128 revised - 6/06/2001 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20197/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 7 March 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 March 2001

Council of the City of Bankstown (Plaintiff) v St George Air-Conditioning (NSW) Pty Limited (First Defendant) Francesco De Francesco & Irene De Francesco t/as F & T Demolition Salvage Co (Second Defendants) PARTIES : Denning Constructions Pty Limited (Third Defendant) Curtin Bathgate & Somers Pty Limited (Fourth Defendant) H G Walter & Partners Pty Limited (Fifth Defendant) B C A Logic Pty Limited (Sixth Defendant) Grant Paynter (Cross-Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Malpass

Mr B Hull (Plaintiff) Mr S Gregory (First Defendant) Mr B McManus (Second Defendants) COUNSEL : Mr R Cavanagh (Third Defendant) Mr R Darke (Fourth Defendant) Mr S A Kerr (Sixth Defendant) Mr E.G.Romaniuk (Cross-Defendant) Malcolm Johns & Company (Plaintiff) Leitch Hasson Dent (First Defendant) Colin Biggers & Paisley (Second Defendants) SOLICITORS : Henry Davis York (Third Defendant) PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal (Fourth Defendant) Tress Cocks & Maddox (Sixth Defendant) Curwood & Partners (Cross-Defendant) CATCHWORDS : application for entry of consent judgment by two of six defendants - discretionary considerations - potential cross-claims for indemnity or contribution which will be defeated by the entry of judgment. LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946, s 5 (1) (c). Supreme Court Rules 1970, Pt 40 r 1. CASES CITED : James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd v Seltsam Pty Ltd (1998) 196 CLR 53. DECISION : See Paragraphs 19-20.