EMMETT v HORNSBY SHIRE COUNCIL & ANOR [2002] NSWCA 75

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : EMMETT v HORNSBY SHIRE COUNCIL & ANOR [2002] NSWCA 75 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40792/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 11 March 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 March 2002

Margaret Lorraine Emmett - Appellant PARTIES : Hornsby Shire Council - First Respondent Patchmaster Roadworks Pty Limited - Second Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 10329/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Puckeridge DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : M G Stubbs - Claimant/Appellant S Glascott - Opponent/Respondent SOLICITORS : G H Healey & Co - Sydney - Claimant/Appellant Phillips Fox - Opponent/Respondent CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - dismissed for want of prosecution - self executing orders - powers of Registrar - failed to give reasons for dismissal - Supreme Court Act 1970 - Supreme Court Rules 1970 LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules 1970 Supreme Court Act 1970 Birkett v James [1978] AC 297 Allen v McAalpine [1968] 2 QB 229 CASES CITED: Fairey v Fairey (No 2) [2000] NSWCA 173 Lenijamar Pty Ltd v AGC (Advances) Ltd (1990) 27 FCR 388 FAI General Insurance Company Limited v Southern Cross Exploration NL (1988) 165 CLR 268 DECISION : 1 Set aside the order made by the Registrar on 4 October 2001; 2 Extend the time for the filing of submissions by the appellant until twenty-one days from the date of this judgment; 3 The appellant to pay the respondent's costs of this application; 4 Otherwise remit the appeal to the Registrar.