Newmont Yandal Operations Pty Limited v The J. Aron Corporation & The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc & 3 Ors [2007] NSWCA 195

Reported Decision: 70 NSWLR 411

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: Newmont Yandal Operations Pty Limited v The J. Aron Corporation & The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc & 3 Ors [2007] NSWCA 195

HEARING DATE(S): 10 May 2007

JUDGMENT DATE: 10 August 2007

JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1; Santow JA at 185; Handley AJA at 194

DECISION: 1 Leave to appeal granted; 2 Orders of White J varied by deleting the words "Declare that" in each of Order (1)(i) and (ii) and capitalising the next letter; 3 Appeal dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS: PROCEDURE – Judgements and orders – Amending, varying and setting aside – application to set aside order — where order had consequences in related proceedings — defence of res judicata or estoppel - PROCEDURE – Judgements and orders – Amending, varying and setting aside – inherent power to amend to give effect to intention of court – where an order has unintended consequences – relevant intention is objective intention of Court - PROCEDURE – Judgements and orders – Amending, varying and setting aside – Correction under slip rule - Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 36.17 – where order erroneously resolves an issue not adjudicated upon - PROCEDURE – Courts and judges generally – Judges – Disqualification for interest or bias – capacity of judge to hear application to amend order s/he has made - WORDS AND PHRASES - "dispose", "error", "correction"

Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s56 LEGISLATION CITED: Supreme Court Act 1970, s23 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 36.16, 36.17 Federal Court Rules, Order 35 r 7

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