Brown v DML Resources (No.4) [2001] NSWSC 947

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Brown v DML Resources (No.4) [2001] NSWSC 947 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Eqiuty FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3830/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 19 October 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 24 October 2001

Martin Russell Brown and Timothy James Cumming (P & A) DML Resources Pty Limited (In liquidation) (D1) PARTIES : DML Resources (WA) Pty Limited (In liquidation) (D2) BP Australia Holdings Pty Ltd (R1) BP Australia Pty Ltd (R2) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

COUNSEL : B Rayment QC with C R Newlinds (P & A) B Coles QC with M Ashhurst (R1 & R2) SOLICITORS : Kemp Strang (P & A) Carneys, Lawyers (R1 & R2) CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - slip rule - whether Court in error in treating person denied natural justice as having a right ex debito justitiae to set aside order - whether s 81 of Supreme Court Act imposes overriding discretion - whether matter falls within the slip rule Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 588FF LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) ss 23, 62, 63 & 81 Supreme Court Rules Pt 1 r 3, Pt 1 r 12, Pt 5 r 9, Pt 8 r 8, Pt 20 r 10 Australian Coastal Shipping Commission v Curtis Cruising Pty Ltd (1989) 17 NSWLR 734 Cameron v Cole (1994) 68 CLR 571 CIC Insurance Ltd v Bankstown Football Club Ltd (1997) 187 CLR 384 Coles v Burke (1987) 10 NSWLR 429 Coppins v Helmers (1969) 72 SR(NSW) 273 Craig v Kanssen [1943] 1 KB 256 Elyard Corporation Pty Ltd v DDB Needham Sydney Pty Ltd (1995) 133 ALR 206 CASES CITED : Harkness v Bell's Asbestos and Engineering Ltd [1967] 2 QB 729 Hoskins v Van Den-Braak (1998) 43 NSWLR 290 MacFoy v United Africa Co Ltd [1962] AC 152 Newcastle City Council v GIO General Ltd (1997) 191 CLR 85 PMT Partners Pty Ltd (In liq) v Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service (1995) 184 CLR 301 Re Pritchard [1963] 1 Ch 502 Storey & Keers Pty Ltd v Johnstone (1987) 9 NSWLR 446 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1 DECISION : Plaintiffs' application, to set aside orders of 29 August 2001, denied