Owners-Strata Plan No 50530 v Walter Construction Group Ltd [2001] NSWSC 820

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Owners-Strata Plan No 50530 v Walter Construction Group Ltd [2001] NSWSC 820 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division Construction List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 55004/2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 14 September 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 24 September 2001

PARTIES : Owners-Strata Plan No 50530 (Plaintiff/Respondent) Walter Construction Group Ltd (ACN 008 390 074) (Defendant/ Applicant) JUDGMENT OF : Bergin J

COUNSEL : PR Callaghan SC/T Thomas (Plaintiff/Respondent) R Hunt (Defendant/Applicant) SOLICITORS : Colin Biggers & Paisley (Plaintiff/Respondent) Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Defendant/Applicant) CATCHWORDS : Security for Costs - Part 53 rule 2- litigation for the benefit of others - whether benefit to the plaintiff - Evidentiary burden - whether applicant has discharged burden. LEGISLATION CITED : Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973 (NSW) Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW) Andrews v Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd (1982) 40 ALR 305 Bankinvest AG v Seabrook (1988) 14 NSWLR 711 Byron Shire Businesses for the Future Inc v The Byron Shire Council & Holiday Villages (Byron Bay) Pty Ltd (1994) 83 LGERA 59 Churchills Ltd v Pilcher (1940) 57 WN (NSW) 109 CASES CITED : FFE Minerals Australia Pty Ltd v Mining Australia Pty Ltd (2000) 156 FLR 116 Idoport Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank & Ors [2001] NSWSC 744 Einstein J Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Pacific Acceptance Corporation Ltd v Forsyth (1967) 2 NSWR 402 Rugby Union Players Association Inc v Australian Rugby Union Ltd NSWSC, 30 July 1997, unreported, Giles CJ Comm. D. Scott Fell v Lloyd (Official Assignee) (1911) 13 CLR 230 DECISION : Motion for security dismissed.