Hardy Bros (Earthmoving) Pty Ltd (in liq) & anor v Hardy Bros Civil Constructions Pty Ltd & ors [2008] NSWSC 737

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Hardy Bros (Earthmoving) Pty Ltd (in liq) & anor v Hardy Bros Civil Constructions Pty Ltd & ors [2008] NSWSC 737

HEARING DATE(S) : 27 June 2008 JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 27 June 2008

DECISION : Leave granted to amend in modified form

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE – application for leave to further amend Statement of Claim – where proposed amendment would allege that defendants purported to cause company to borrow moneys and make superannuation contributions, in substitution for existing allegation that they did borrow moneys and make superannuation contributions, without asserting whether they did or did not do so.

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Hardy Bros (Earthmoving) Pty Ltd (first plaintiff) Alan Richard Nicholls (second plaintiff) Hardy Bros Civil Constructions Pty Ltd (first defendant) Hardy Bros Nominees Pty Ltd (second defendant) Robert Leslie Hardy (third defendant) Danny John Hardy (fourth defendant) PARTIES : Evelyn Hardy (fifth defendant) Lynette Hardy (sixth defendant) Leslie Angus Holmes (seventh defendant) John Keenan (eighth defendant) Holmes Keenan Turnell Pty Ltd (ninth defendant) LA Holmes Nominees Pty Ltd (tenth defendant) JP Keenan Nominees Pty Ltd (eleventh defendant) HKT Class Nominees Pty Ltd (twelfth defendant)

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 6867/04

Mr M A Ashhurst SC w Mr M J Dawson (plaintiffs) COUNSEL : Mr P R Whitford SC w Mr J S McLeod (first-sixth defendants) Mr R A Dick w Mr D J Barnett (seventh-twelfth defendants)