ANZ Bank v Ciavarella [2002] NSWSC 1186

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : ANZ Bank v Ciavarella [2002] NSWSC 1186 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50036/2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 2,3, & 4 December 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 13 December 2002

PARTIES : Australia & New Zealand Banking Corporation Group Limited v Anthony Mark Ciavarella & Ors JUDGMENT OF : Acting Justice Macready at 1

COUNSEL : Ms K. Burke for plaintiff Mr M. Walton SC & Mr M White for defendants SOLICITORS : Minter Ellison for plaintiff Kell Moore Solicitors Pty Ltd for defendants CATCHWORDS : Contract. Agreement to settle dispute - whether contract concluded. Held concluded contract. - Evidence. Letters forming a contract written after a mediation. Whether the letters are admissible notwithstanding s 15 of the Farm Debt Mediation Act. LEGISLATION CITED : Farm Debt Mediation Act 1994 ss 11, 15 Bell v Mediate Today Pty Ltd (unreported, SCNSW, 29 October 1998) Geebung Investments Pty Ltd v Varga Group Investments No 8 Pty Ltd (1995) 7 PBR 97578 at 14570 Masters v Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353 Baulkham Hills Private Hospital Pty Ltd v GR Securities Pty Ltd and Ors (1986) 40 NSWLR 622 Niesmann v Collingridge (1921) 29 CLR 177 at 184 and Godecke and anor v Kirwan (1973) 129 CLR 629 BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Limited v Shire of Hastings (1997) 180 CLR 266 CASES CITED : Burger King Corporation v Hungry Jack's Pty Limited [2001] NSWCA 187 McMahon v State Bank of New South Wales (1990) 8 ACLC 315 Canberra Advance Bank Ltd & Anor v Benny & Ors (1992) 9 ACSR 179 Union Bank v Downes & Anor (1896) 12 WN (NSW) 131 Overlook Management BV v Foxtell Management Pty Ltd (2002) NSWSC 17 paras 62-65 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Spira (2002) NSWSC 905 paras 137-148