Permanent Custodians Ltd v Barton [2008] NSWSC 1355

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Permanent Custodians Ltd v Barton [2008] NSWSC 1355

HEARING DATE(S) : 10 October 2008

JUDGMENT DATE : 16 December 2008

JURISDICTION : Common Law

JUDGMENT OF : Rothman J

(i) The motion of the defendants, filed 26 May 2008, to set aside default judgment obtained on 13 May 2008, be dismissed;

DECISION : (ii) The motion of the defendants, in the alternative, to stay the aforesaid default judgment be dismissed;

(iii) The defendants pay the plaintiff's costs of and incidental to the motion, as agreed or assessed.

CATCHWORDS : MORTGAGE – mortgagee sale – motion to set aside judgment – Contracts Review Act – Industrial Relations Act – equitable relief – no basis for mortgagee acting other than "innocently" – no rguable case against mortgagee to overturn possession – default judgment not set aside

Contracts Review Act 1980 Court (Cross-Vesting) Act 1987 LEGISLATION CITED : Independent Contractors Act 2006 (Cth) Industrial Relations Act 1996 Real Property Act 1900 (Cth) Workplace Relations Act 1996

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Batterham v QSR Limited [2006] HCA 23; (2006) 225 CLR 237 Beneficial Finance Corporation v Karavas (1991) 23 NSWLR 256 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio [1983] HCA 14; (1983) 151 CLR 447 CASES CITED : Elkofairi v Permanent Trustee Co Ltd [2002] NSWCA 413 Fish v Solution 6 Holdings Limited [2006] HCA 22; (2006) 225 CLR 180 Khan v Hadid (No 2) [2008] NSWSC 119 Permanent Custodians Ltd v El Ali [2008] NSWSC 1264 Perpetual Trustee Company Limited v Albert and Rose Khoshaba [2006] NSWCA 41