Brown v DML Resources (No.5) [2001] NSWSC 973

Reported Decision : (2002) 20 ACLC 529

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Brown v DML Resources (No.5) [2001] NSWSC 973 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3830/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 25 October 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 31 October 2001

Martin Russell Brown and Timothy James Cumming (P & A) PARTIES : DML Resources Pty Limited (In liquidation) (D1) DML Resources (WA) Pty Limited (In liquidation) (D2) BP Australia Ltd (R) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

COUNSEL : B Rayment QC with C R Newlinds (P & A) B Coles QC with M Ashhurst (R) SOLICITORS : Kemp Strang (P & A) Carneys, Lawyers (R) CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - liquidator's application for extension of three year limitation period to make application to challenge voidable transactions - application filed within three years but respondent not joined as party - whether joinder of respondent as party to application for extension of time, outside the three year limitation period, is barred by s 588ff(3)(b) - whether SCR Pt 8 r 11(3) applies to joinder of respondent LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001(Cth), ss 588ff, 1322 Supreme Court Rules, Pt 8 r 8, Pt 8 r 11, Pt 20 r 1, Pt 20 r 4 Autodesk Inc v Dyason (No 2) (1993) 176 CLR 300 Baldry v Jackson [1976] 2 NSWLR 415 Brown v DML Resources (No 2) [2001] NSWSC 590 Brown v DML Resources (No 3) [2001] NSWSC 719 Brown v DML Resources (No 4) [2001] NSWSC 947 CIC Insurance Ltd v Bankstown Football Club Ltd (1997) 187 CLR 384 Fernance v Nominal Defendant (1989) 17 NSWLR 710 CASES CITED : Lloyd Steel (Aust) Pty Ltd v Jade Shipping SA (1985) 1 NSWLR 212 Rogers v Commissioner of Taxation (1998) 29 ACSR 270 Star v National Australia Bank Ltd (1999) 30 ACSR 583 Twenty-First Australia Inc v Shade [1998] NSWSC 325 Wardley Australia Ltd v State of Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 Warner v Sampson [1959] 1 QB 297 Weldon v Neal (1887) 19 QBD 394 Wenham v General Credits Ltd (Supreme Court of NSW, McLelland J, 16 December 1988, unreported) DECISION : Upon reconsideration, no ground for altering determinations made in judgment delivered on 29 August 2001