ANZ Banking Group Ltd v Capper & Anor [2001] NSWSC 946

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : ANZ Banking Group Ltd v Capper & Anor [2001] NSWSC 946 revised - 29/10/2001 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 12957/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 18 October 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 October 2001

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (Plaintiff)

PARTIES : Terry Capper (First Defendant)

Robyn Grace Capper (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr J Johnson (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Mr R Killalea (Defendants) Middletons Moore & Bevins (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : D J Chapmans Solicitors (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Summary judgment - possession LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules - Part 13 r 2 Contract Review Act 1980 (NSW) Agar v Hyde [2000] HCA 41 Air Services Australia v Zarb(NSWSC unreported, 26 August 1998) Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1948-49) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 CASES CITED : Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 Crackenback Investment Pty Ltd v Wywsik (unreported, NSWSC 25 August 1983, 14402/81) Bunbury Foods Pty Limited v NAB & Anor (1983-84) 153 CLR 491 Henderson v Henderson [1843-60] All ER 378 Port Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Limited (1981) 147 CLR 589 Hogan & Anor v Howard Finance Limited & Anor (1987) ASC 55-594 DECISION : (1) The plaintiff's notice of motion filed 26 July 2001 is dismissed; (2) The defendants are to file and serve amended defences and cross claims within 14 days; (3) Each party to pay their own costs of the plaintiff's motion; (4) The defendants are to pay the costs thrown away by the amendments to the defences.