P M Sulcs & Assocs P/L v Daihatsu Aust P/L [No 2] [2000] NSWSC 826

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : P M Sulcs & Assocs P/L v Daihatsu Aust P/L [No 2] [2000] NSWSC 826 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 11488/93 01/11/99 - 05/11/99 08/11/99 - 12/11/99 15/11/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 17/11/99 15/12/99 17/12/99 14/08/00 - 18/08/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 August 2000

PARTIES : P M Sulcs & Associates Pty Limited (Pl) Daihatsu Australia Pty Limited (Def) JUDGMENT OF : Kirby J

COUNSEL : C Stevens QC/T Hancock (Pl) S Rares SC/D Studdy (Def) SOLICITORS : Oliverie Attorneys (Pl) Clayton Utz (Def) CATCHWORDS : Application for Security of Costs - Whether merits relevant - Delay in making application LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules - Pt53 r2(1) The Corporations Law - s1335(1) Buckley v Bennell Design & Constructions P/L (1974) 1 ACLR 301 Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Co Ltd v Triplan Ltd (1973) 1 QB 609 M A Productions P/L v Austarama Television P/L (1982) 7 ACLR 97 Spiel v Commodity Brokers Australia P/L (In Liq) (1983) 135 SASR 294 Equity Access Ltd v Westpac Banking Corp & Ors (1989) ATPR 40-972 K P Cable Investments P/L v Meltglow P/L & Ors (1995) 56 FCR 189 Epping Plaza Fresh Fruit & Vegetables P/L v Bevendale P/L [1999] 2 VR 191 CASES CITED : Southern Cross Exploration NL v FAI (1985) 1 NSWLR 114 Tradestock P/L v TNT (Management) P/L (1977) 14 ALR 52 Lindsay Petroleum Co v Hurd (1874) LR 5 PC 221 Bryan E Fencott & Assocs P/L v Eratta P/L (1987) 16 FCR 497 Bell Wholesale Co Ltd v Gates Export Corp (1984) 2 FCR 1 Yandil Holdings P/L v Insurance Co of North America (1985) 3 ACLC 542 Hession v Century 21 South Pacific Ltd (In Liq) (1992) 28 NSWLR 120 Pacific Acceptance Corporation v Forsyth (1967) 2 NSWR 402 Intercraft Cabinets P/L v Sampas P/L (1997) 18 WAR 306 DECISION : Ref para 91