NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Stapley v Towing Masters Pty Ltd (trading as Dynamic Towing) [2009] NSWSC 139
HEARING DATE(S) : 24 and 25 February 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 12 March 2009
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J
DECISION : Plaintiff's Further Amended Summons dismissed; declaration in terms of Cross Claim.
CATCHWORDS : LIENS – Whether tow truck operator has general lien arising at law – whether operator has a special lien created by statute – whether tow truck operator is a common carrier – whether tow truck operator has an artificer's lien – whether operator has lien for salvage.
Common Carriers Act 1902 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Tow Truck Industry Act 1998 (NSW) – s 8, s 15, s 18(3), s 50, s 52, s 54, s 84, s 105 Warehousemen's Liens Act 1935 (NSW) – s.3 Workmen's Liens Act 1893 (SA) – s 5
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
- Belfast Ropework Company Limited v Bushell [1918] 1 KB 210 - Berkeley Applegate (Investment Consultants) Ltd (in liq), Re [1989] Ch 32 - BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1978) 52 ALJR 20 - Con-Stan Industries of Australia Pty Ltd v Norwich Winterthur Insurance (Australia) Ltd (1986) 160 CLR 226 - Drinkrow v Hammond & McIntyre Ltd [1954] NZLR 442 - Eastman Chemical International AG v NMT Trading Ltd [1972] 2 Lloyd's Rep 25 - Geering v Stewart Transport Ltd [1967] NZLR 802 - Hatton v Car Maintenance Company Ltd [1915] 1 Ch 621 - James v Commonwealth (1939) 62 CLR 339 - Jennings Construction Ltd v Burgundy Royale Investments Pty Ltd (No 2) (1987) 162 CLR 153 - Majeau Carrying Co Pty Ltd v Coastal Rutile Ltd (1973) 129 CLR 48 CASES CITED : - Mercantile Credits Ltd v Jarden Morgan Australia Ltd [1991] 1 QdR 407 - Naylor v Mangles (1794) 1 Esp 109 (170 ER 295) - Nelson v Dahl (1879) 12 Ch D 568 - Nicholson v Chapman (1793) 2 Hy Bl 254 (126 ER 536) - Oppenheim v Russell (1802) 3 Bos & P 42 (127 ER 24) - Pinnock v Harrison (1838) 3 M&W 532 (150 ER 1256) - Rushforth v Hadfield [1805] 6 East 519 (102 ER 1386) - Securitas (NZ) Ltd v Cadbury Schweppes Hudson Ltd [1988] 1 NZLR 340 - Siohn & Company Ltd, A., v R.H. Hagland & Son (Transport) Ltd [1976] 2 Lloyd's Rep 428 - Skinner v Upshaw & Son (1702) 2 Ld Raym 752 (92 ER 3) - Southern Livestock Producers Ltd, Re [1964] 1 WLR 24 - Vital Learning Aids Pty Ltd and the Companies Act, Re [1979] 2 NSWLR 442
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