Weston v Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1318

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Weston v Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1318

HEARING DATE(S) : 12/11/07, 13/11/07, 15/11/07

JUDGMENT DATE : 15 November 2007

JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 15 November 2007

DECISION : Time for service extended

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - application for extension of time for service of originating process - relevant factors considered

LEGISLATION CITED : Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, rules 1.12, 6.2(4)(a)

Buzzle Operations Pty Ltd v Breirl [2007] NSWSC 922 FAI Insurances Ltd v Mainprize [2006] NSWSC 554 CASES CITED : Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Barbrak Ltd [1987] AC 597 Rich v Packer & Ors; Rich v Long & Ors [2007] NSWSC 1290 Zhang v Semin [2007] NSWSC 229

Paul Gerard Weston in his capacity as special purpose liquidator of One.Tel Limited - Plaintiff Publishing and Broadcasting Limited - First Defendant Consolidated Press Holdings Limited - Second Defendant Robbdoc Pty Limited - Third Defendant Toranaga Pty Limited - Fourth Defendant Cavalane Holdings Pty Limited - Fifth Defendant News Limited - Sixth Defendant Leteno Pty Limited - Seventh Defendant James Douglas Packer - Eighth Defendant PARTIES : Peter Wilson Yates - Ninth Defendant Lachlan Keith Murdoch - Tenth Defendant Peter John Macourt - Eleventh Defendant Kevin Beck - Twelfth Defendant Mark Alan Silbermann - Thirteenth Defendant Peter David Howell-Davies - Fourteenth Defendant Pirjo Hannele Kekalainen-Torvinen - Fifteenth Defendant Persons named in Schedule A trading as Freehills who are named in Schedule A to the Statement of Claim filed on 25 May 2007 - Sixteenth Defendant Persons named in Schedule B trading as Ernst & Young who are named in Schedule B to the Statement of Claim filed on 25 May 2007 Persons named in Schedule C trading as Ferrier Hodgson who are named in Schedule C to the Statement of Claim filed on 25 May 2007 - Eighteenth Defendant