Clark v Auspicious Yacht Sales Pty Limited & Ors; Gibbs & Anor v Auspicious Yacht Sales Pty Limited & Ors [2006] NSWSC 37

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Clark v Auspicious Yacht Sales Pty Limited & Ors; Gibbs & Anor v Auspicious Yacht Sales Pty Limited & Ors [2006] NSWSC 37

HEARING DATE(S) : 7 February 2006

JUDGMENT DATE : 13 February 2006

JURISDICTION : Common Law Divsion

JUDGMENT OF : Associate Justice Malpass at 1

DECISION : The service of the amended ordinary statement of claim on the fourth defendant is set aside; the plaintiffs are to pay the fourth defendant's costs of the notice of motion; the exhibit may be returned.

CATCHWORDS : Service in Florida - application to set aside service - process fails to plead a cause of action and to demonstrate the meeting of jurisdictional requirements - onus - discretionary remedy.

Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

CASES CITED : Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552 Elliott v Bali Bungy Co [2002] NSWSC 906

Graeme Max Clark (Plaintiff) Kim Ragel (Plaintiff) Graig Gibbs (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Auspicious Yacht Sales Pty Limited (First Defendant) Christine Szewczuk (Second Defendant) Volodymir Szewczuk (Third Defendant) Hunter Marine Corporation (Fourth Defendant)

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20210/05; 20196/05

COUNSEL : Mr M Zammit (Plaintiffs) Mr N Manousaridis (Fourth Defendant)

Ramensky Lawyers (Plaintiffs) SOLICITORS : Thomson Playford (First, Second & Third Defendants) Joan Fitzhenry (Fourth Defendant)

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