A & M Short Pty Ltd v Prestige Residential Marketing Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 872

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Reported Decision : 54 ACSR 760

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : A & M Short Pty Ltd v Prestige Residential Marketing Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 872

HEARING DATE(S) : 15/08/05

JUDGMENT DATE : 31 August 2005

Equity Division JURISDICTION : Corporations List

JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq

DECISION : Grant order for leave to amend application to set aside statutory demand.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE [101]- Misnomer- Leave to amend application to set aside statutory demand- ACN and name of plaintiff non-existent- Amendment may be made where identity of party was known and was always intended to be a party- Where party substituted to correct misnomer he or she is taken to be party from commencement of proceedings notwithstanding the expiry of any limitation period. STATUTES [31]- Statutory interpretation- Section missing "as"- Section lacks meaning without addition of word- Whether permissible to assume mistake and read in "as" or must section be strictly construed- Where intention abundantly clear mistake can be rectified to give meaning- Construction of Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 64(4).

Civil Procedure Act 2005, ss 60, 64(4), 65(2)(b) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 459G LEGISLATION CITED : Suitors Fund Act 1951 Supreme Court Rules 1970, Pt 20 r 1(3) (repealed)

Allen Properties (Qld) Pty Ltd v Encino Holding Pty Ltd (1985) 10 ACLR 104 Beardmore Motors Ltd v Birch Bros (Properties) Ltd [1959] Ch 298 Brandsma & Crockett Pty Ltd v Heindal Pty Ltd (2002) 26 WAR 323 Bridge Shipping Pty Ltd v Grand Shipping SA (1991) 173 CLR 231 Brown v DML Resources Pty Ltd (No 3) (2001) 188 ALR 469 Clay v Oxford (1866) LR 2 Ex 54 David Grant & Co Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 265 Envy Trading v State of Queensland [1998] 1 Qd R 413 Evans Constructions Co Ltd v Charrington & Co Ltd [1983] QB 810 CASES CITED : Ex parte Ashby; Re Carless (1971) 2 Petty Sessions Review 969 Fitzgerald v Masters (1956) 95 CLR 420 J Robertson & Co Ltd v Ferguson Transformers Pty Ltd (1970) 44 ALJR 441 Kingston v Keprose Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 404 Lindner v Wright (1976) 14 ALR 105 Lloyd Steel Co (Aust) Pty Ltd v Jade Shipping SA (1985) 1 NSWLR 212 Rainbow Spray Irrigation Pty Ltd v Hoette [1963] NSWR 1440 Richards v McBride (1881) 8 QBD 119 RKO Pictures Inc v Channon Screen Entertainment Ltd [1990] BCLC 364

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Reported Decision : 54 ACSR 760

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : A & M Short Pty Ltd v Prestige Residential Marketing Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 872

HEARING DATE(S) : 15/08/05

JUDGMENT DATE : 31 August 2005

Equity Division JURISDICTION : Corporations List

JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq

DECISION : Grant order for leave to amend application to set aside statutory demand.

Civil Procedure Act 2005, ss 60, 64(4), 65(2)(b) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 459G LEGISLATION CITED : Suitors Fund Act 1951 Supreme Court Rules 1970, Pt 20 r 1(3) (repealed)

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