Sibroll Pty Ltd v Mitch Properties Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 579

Reported Decision : 212 FLR 1 (2007) 25 ACLC 862

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Sibroll Pty Ltd v Mitch Properties Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 579

HEARING DATE(S) : 07/05/07

JUDGMENT DATE : 8 June 2007

JURISDICTION : Equity Division Corporations List

JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq

DECISION : Interlocutory application dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE [101]- Amendment- Proceedings under s 588FF of Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)- Proceedings to be commenced within certain time limit- Whether leave can be sought to have liquidator added as plaintiff under ss 64 and 65 of Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) after expiry of time limit- Significance of Corporations Act as Federal law- Plaintiff may make application to amend under NSW Act despite expiry of time limit- However s 65 does not authorise Court to add a party.

Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 64, 65 LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 459G(2), 477(2), 588FF Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 79

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