Short v Crawley [2004] NSWSC 752

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Short v Crawley [2004] NSWSC 752 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 & 29 July and 13 August 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 17 August 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J DECISION : Application for amendment granted in part and refused in part.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE [101] - Supreme Court procedure - Practice under Supreme Court Rules - Amendment - Relevant considerations - Whether prejudice may be cured. Bomanite Pty Limited v Slatex Corp Australia Pty Limited (1991) 33 FCR 379 Expectations Pty Ltd v PRD Realty Pty Ltd [2004] FCAFC 189 Intagro v ANZ Banking Group [2004] NSWSC 618 Ketteman v Hansel Properties Ltd [1987] AC 189 CASES CITED : Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 205 CLR 434 Short v Crawley [2003] NSWSC 1158 Spencer v VMD Packaging Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 118 The State of Queensland v J L Holdings Pty Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 146 WAEJ v MIMIA (2003) 76 ALD 597 Wiki v Atlantis Relocations (NSW) Pty Ltd [2004] NSWCA 174 Warwick Short (P1 & 1XD) Nabatu Pty Limited (P2 & 2XD) Christopher Crawley (D1 & 3XC) PARTIES : Marsico Holdings Pty Limited (D2 & 1 XC) J & J O'Brien Pty Limited (D3 & 2XC) Vensel Pty Limited (4D) Trudale Pty Limited (5D & 4 XC) Judith Crawley (6D) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2824/98 COUNSEL : I M Jackman SC and T M Thawley (Ps & XDs) A J L Bannon SC and D B Studdy (Ds & XCs) SOLICITORS : Kemp Strang (Ps & XDs) Blake Dawson Waldron (Dx & XCs)