Mulric P/L v S D Myers P/L & 2 Ors [2001] NSWSC 121

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Mulric P/L v S D Myers P/L & 2 Ors [2001] NSWSC 121 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20289/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 March 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 13 March 2001

Mulric Pty Limited (Plaintiff)

S D Myers Pty Limited (First Defendant) PARTIES : S D Myers Inc (Second Defendant)

Dana Stanley Meyers (Third Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr D Allen (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Mr F Kunc (Second and Third Defendants) Philip Parbury & Associates (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Andersen Legal (Second and Third Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Set aside default judgment against second defendants - costs LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules Evans v Bartlam (1937) AC 473 Vacuum Oil Pty Limited v Stockdale (1942) 42 SR 239 Cuttle v Brand (1947) 64 WN 96 CASES CITED : Adams v Kennick Trading (Internationa;) Ltd & Ors (1986) 4 NSWLR Cohen v McWilliam (1995) 39 NSWLR 476 at 481 Pope v Abadeen Transport Co Pty Limited [1965] NSWR Wallace J at 551 Emibarb Pty Limited v Commonwealth Bank (NSWSC Master Greenwood, 2 March 1992 unreported) Black v Smallwood (1965) 117 CLR 52 DECISION : (1) The judgments entered on 13 October 2000 and 1 November 2000 against the second defendant are set aside; (2) Each party (namely the plaintiff and second and third defendants) are to pay their own costs of the motion.