PAUL WESTON & ANOR (in their capacities as Liquidators of Karl Suleman Enterprises Pty Limited (In Liq) and Receivers of the interests of Karl Suleman in specified property) v METRO APARTMENTS PTY LIMITED & ANOR [2002] NSWSC 876

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : PAUL WESTON & ANOR (in their capacities as Liquidators of Karl Suleman Enterprises Pty Limited (In Liq) and Receivers of the interests of Karl Suleman in specified property) v METRO APARTMENTS PTY LIMITED & ANOR [2002] NSWSC 876 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2329/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 23/09/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 September 2002

Paul Weston (First Plaintiff) PARTIES : Neit R Cussen (Second Plaintiff) Metro Apartments Pty Limited (First Defendant) James Jariv (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

COUNSEL : Ms Kim Bourke (Plaintiffs Mr B Coles QC, F Lever (Defendants) SOLICITORS : Coudert Brothers (Plaintiffs) Landerer & Company (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Caveatable Interests - Corporations - Causes of action not conferred upon liquidators LEGISLATION CITED : Real Property Act 1900 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Air Services Australia v Zarb [unreported NSWCA, 26 August 1998, BC 9804215) Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1948) 78 CLR 62 Esanda Finance Corporation Limited v Peat Marwick Hungerfords (1997) 188 CLR 241 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways NSW (1964) 112 CLR 125 Kirby v Sanderson Motors Pty Limited (2002) 54 NSWCA 135 Martyn v Glennan [1979] 2 NSWLR 234 Morton v Black (1986) 4 BPR 9164 CASES CITED : Nominal Defendant v Manning (2000) 50 NSWLR 139 Penny Nominees Pty Limited v Fountain (unreported, NSWSC, 2 May 1989 Young J) Rajski v Bainton (1990) 22 NSWLR 125 Ralph Symonds Australia Pty Limited v Pacific Property Investments Pty Limited (unreported, NSWSC, 19 October 1988 Bryson J) Re Hitchcock (1900) 17 WN (NSW) 62 Spellson v George (1992) 26 NSWLR 666 Wickstead & Ors v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509 DECISION : Plaintiffs to propound further pleadings.