McMurtrie & Anor v Calver & Anor [2007] NSWSC 996

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : McMurtrie & Anor v Calver & Anor [2007] NSWSC 996

HEARING DATE(S) : 22 August 2007

JUDGMENT DATE : 10 September 2007

JURISDICTION : Common Law Division

JUDGMENT OF : Associate Justice Harrison

DECISION : (1) The first defendant's notice of motion filed 7 June 2007 is dismissed with costs; (2) The statement of claim is struck out; (3) The plaintiffs are to file and serve an amended statement of claim within 28 days; (4) Costs of the second defendant's notice of motion filed 26 June 2007 are reserved.

CATCHWORDS : Strike out proceedings - set aside default judgment as against first defendant

Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) - s 54A LEGISLATION CITED : Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) - s 42 Trade Practices Act 1974 - s 52 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 13.4, 14.28

Adams v Kennick Trading (International) Ltd & Ors (1986) 4 NSWLR 503 Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552; [2000] NSWCA 41 Cohen v McWilliam (1995) 38 NSWLR 481 Commonwealth v Verwayen [1990] 170 CLR 394 Cuttle v Brandt (1947) 64 WN (NSW) 96 David Securities Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1992) 175 CLR 353; 109 ALR 57 Evans v Bartlam [1937] 2 All ER 646 CASES CITED : General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Global Sportsman Pty ltd v Mirror Newspapers Pty Ltd (1984) 2 FCR 82 Henjo Investments Pty Ltd v Collins Marrickville Pty Ltd (No 1) (1998) 39 FCR 546 Jebeli v Modir and Golyaei [2005] NSWCA 184 Maher v Waltons (1987) 164 CLR 387 Nguyen & Anor v Taylor (1992) 27 NSWLR 48 Ronald Wallace Gould and Anor v Peter Vaggelas and Others (1984) 157 CLR 215 Vacuum Oil Pty Limited v Stockdale (1942) 42 SR (NSW) 239