Ingot v Macquarie [No 3] [2005] NSWSC 255

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Ingot v Macquarie [No 3] [2005] NSWSC 255

HEARING DATE(S) : 10 March 2005

JUDGMENT DATE : 4 April 2005

JUDGMENT OF : McDougall J at 1

DECISION : See paras [71]-[73] of judgment

CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for leave further to amend summons - whether appropriate to grant leave to amend outside limitation period - whether general power of amendment in Pt 20 r 1 is limited by Pt 20 r 4 - whether leave should be refused because of insufficient particulars - whether leave should be refused because amendment would result in vacation of hearing date - whether leave should be refused because proposed amendments amount to "bargaining" with the Court - whether costs orders on indemnity basis sufficient to compensate defendants for costs thrown away by amendment - whether defendants prejudiced by amendments alleging actual breaches of the law - whether refusal of leave to amend likely to occasion any significant prejudice to plaintiffs

Legal Profession Act 1987 Limitation Act 1969 LEGISLATION CITED : Partnership Act 1892 Supreme Court Act 1970

Air Link Pty Ltd v Paterson [No 2] (2003) 58 NSWLR 388 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd v Larcos (1987) 13 NSWLR 286 Baldry v Jackson [1976] 2 NSWLR 415 Bebonis v Angelos (2003) 56 NSWLR 127 Clutha Ltd v Millar (No 2) [2002] NSWSC 523 CASES CITED : Digi-Tech (Aust) Ltd v Brand [2004] NSWCA 58 Fernance v Nominal Defendant (1989) 17 NSWLR 710 McGee v Yeomans [1977] 1 NSWLR 273 New Cap Reinsurance Corporation v Reaseguros Alianza SA [2004] NSWSC 787 Proctor v Jetway Aviation Pty Ltd (1984) 1 NSWLR 166 Weldon v Neal (1887) 19 QBD 394