NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Prerera and Dee v Gorczynski [2002] NSWSC 639 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2134/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 12/06/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 July 2002
Peter Francis Gorczynski - Appellent PARTIES : Ravini Neluka Perera - 1st Respondent Rebecca Patricia Dee - 2nd Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J
LOWER COURT Supreme Court (Master) JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 2134/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Master McLaughlin JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Cheney R J for the Appellant Clay P R for the Respondents SOLICITORS : Phillip Fox for the Appellant Mallesons Solicitors for Respondents CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - Courts and judges generally - appeal from Master's exercise of discretion - relevant principles - PROCEDURE - Costs - Order for costs to plaintiff on discontinuing proceedings - whether defendant acted unreasonably in resisting claim - EVIDENCE - Admissibility and relevancy - alleged user of land without local authority approval - whether relevant to Master's review of costs order by Deputy Registrar on discontinuance of proceedings to gain access to a right of carriageway - access sought regardless of user of land - no use of court procedure to achieve a breach of the law - Mulcahy v Blue Mountains City Council (1993) 81 LGERA 302 distinguishable. LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Donald Campbell & Co v Pollack [1927] AC 732 at 811-812 Chargecard Services Pty Ltd v Raad (Hamilton J, 2 September 1998, unreported Do Cormo v Ford Excavations Pty Ltd [1981] 1 NSWLR 409 Morrison v Judd (NSWCA) 10 October 1995, unreported House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 at 505 CASES CITED : Re the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622 at 624-625 Australian Securities Commission v Aust-Home Investments Ltd (1993) 44 FCR 194 at 201 Wincopy Pty Ltd v Humphrey Juan Xu [2000] NSWSC 157 at par 20 Burdel Investments Pty Ltd v Burchett [2001] NSWSC 600 Garwolin Nominees Pty Ltd v Statewide Building Society [1984] VR 469 Mulcahy v Blue Mountains City Council (1993) 81 LGERA 302 at 305 DECISION : Appeal dismissed
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