SCHOELLER AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (in liquidation) & Anor v GARRY LISSA & ORS [2002] NSWSC 790

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : SCHOELLER AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (in liquidation) & Anor v GARRY LISSA & ORS [2002] NSWSC 790 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3310/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 30/08/2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 4 September 2002

PARTIES : Schoeller Australia Pty Ltd & Anor v Garry Aaron LISSA & Ors JUDGMENT OF : Acting Master Berecry at 1

Mr J.K. Chippindall - Plaintiff COUNSEL : Mr P. Dowdy - 1st Defendant Mr A. Justice - 2nd Defendant Mr N. Cotman SC - 3rd Defendant M.D. Nikolaidis & Co - Plaintiff Deacons - 1st Defendant SOLICITORS : Mr Tim Weissel - 2nd Defendant MBP Legal McCrohon Bergseng Partners - 3rd Defendant CATCHWORDS : Pt 31 Supreme Court Rules - matters for consideration - is the preliminary question critical to disposition - likelihood of real savings - multi defendants - are there discrete issues? LEGISLATION CITED : ss 588M & 588H of the Corporations Law Pt 31 r2 of the Supreme Court Rules Everett v Ribbands [1952] 2 QB 206 at 198 CASES CITED : Carl Zeiss Stiftung v Herbert Smith & Co & Ors (1969) 1 Ch 93 at 98 Printing and Kindred Industries Union of Australia v Clark (unreported; Needham J, 17 September 1976) CBS Productions Pty Ltd v O'Neill (1985) 1 NSWLR 601 at 606 DECISION : 1. Notice of Motion be dismissed.; 2. The third defendant pay the costs of the plaintiff and the first defendant.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION

ACTING MASTER BERECRY