Industrial Rollformers Pty Ltd & Anor v Ingersoll-Rand (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2001] NSWCA 455

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Industrial Rollformers Pty Ltd & Anor v Ingersoll-Rand (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2001] NSWCA 455 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40653/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 4 December 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 13 December 2001

Industrial Rollformers Pty Ltd - First Appellant PARTIES : Strata Control Pty Ltd - Second Appellant Ingersoll-Rand (Australia) Ltd - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Priestley JA at 1; Meagher JA at 2; Giles JA at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Equity Division LOWER COURT ED 4997/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Bergin J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : D E Grieve QC & M Sindone - Appellants F M Douglas QC & D Kell - Respondent SOLICITORS : John Spence & Associates, Bankstown - Appellants Baker & McKenzie - Respondent CATCHWORDS : TRIAL - relief granted including noting understanding by appellants - APPEAL - appeal failed - application after judgment to have undertaking varied - amendment to notice of appeal required - by analogy with reopening a judgment, should be refused - in any event no grounds for variation shown - giving of undertaking part of agreed interlocutory arrangement - no reason to strike down agreement. ND. CASES CITED: Autodesk Inc v Dyason (No 2) (1993) 149 CLR 672; Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council (1982) 149 CLR 672. DECISION : 1. Vary the orders made on 24 April 2001 by adding to order 2 the following sub-paragraphs: (aa) deleting the words "the Defendants" from declaration 2 and substituting for them the words "Industrial Rollformers Pty Limited"; (ab) deleting declaration 5; (ac) inserting the word "First" before the word "Defendant's" appearing in declaration 9; (ad) deleting the words "the Defendants'" from declaration 9 and substituting for them the words "the First Defendant's"; (ae) deleting the words "the Defendants" from declaration 10 and substituting for them the words "the First Defendant's"; (ba) deleting the words "and Second Defendants" from declaration 16 and substituting for them the word "Defendant". 2. Otherwise dismiss the notice of motion. 3. Order that the appellants pay the respondent's costs of the notice of motion.