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New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : McMurtrie v Commonwealth of Australia & Ors [2000] NSWSC 1056 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20448/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 24 October 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 November 2000
Mark McMurtrie (Plaintiff)
Commonwealth of Australia (First Defendant)
The Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission (Second Defendant)
Dumaresq Shire Council (Third Defendant) PARTIES : NSW Police Service (Fourth Defendant)
Australian Taxation Office (Fifth Defendant)
Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (Sixth Defendant)
NSW Police Commissioner Ryan (Seventh Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison
COUNSEL : Mr Sheldon (Third Defendant) Mr M McMurtrie (Plaintiff in person) SOLICITORS : Mr G Kathner (Second Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Set aside default judgment - summary judgment Supreme Court Rules - Part 15 r 26; Part 13 r 5; s 40 r 9(2) Trade Practices Act LEGISLATION CITED : Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commissioner Act 1989 Local Government Act 1993 Halbury's Laws of Australia (1999) Reed International Books t/as Butterworths Evans v Bartland (1937) AC 473 Vacuum Oil Pty Limited v Stockdale (1942) 42 SR 239 Cuttle v Brand (1947) 64 WN 96 Adams v Kennick Trading (International) Ltrd & Ors (1986) 4 NSWLR 503 Cohen v McWilliam (1995) 39 NSWLR 476 H 1976 Nominees Pty Limited v Galli Ltd & Quaries Ltd (1979) 30 ALR 181 Garcia v National Australia Bank Limited (1998) CLR 395; (1998) 72 ALJR 1243 Commercial Bank of Australia v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 Blomley v Ryan (1956) 99 CLR 362 CASES CITED : National Management Services (Australia) v Commonwealth (1990) BCL 190 J S McMillan Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1997) 77 FCR 337 Corrections Corporation of Australia Pty Ltd v Commonwealth [2000] FCA 1280 Sovar v Henry Lane Pty Limited (1966-67) 116 CLR 397 Stubbs v NRMA Insurance Ltd [1997] 42 NSWLR 550 Onus v Alcoa of Australia Limited (1981) 149 CLR 27 Prestion v Star City Pty Ltd [1999] NSWSC 1273 United States Surgical Corporation v Hospital Products International Pty Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 766 Uren v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (1996) 117 CLR 118 Collings Constructions Co Pty Ltd & Anor v ACCC [1998] 43 NSWLR 131 Kralje & Anor v McGrath & Anor [1986] 1 All ER 54 DECISION : See para 61
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