Short v Crawley (No. 42) [2009] NSWSC 1110

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Short v Crawley (No. 42) [2009] NSWSC 1110

HEARING DATE(S) : 1 and 2 October 2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 2 October 2009

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : White J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 2 October 2009

DECISION : Refer to paras 85 and 86 of judgment.

CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure - application to vary consent orders providing for a stay of execution of orders until the conclusion of any and all appeals and for the provision of security - subsequent withdrawal of many grounds of appeal - whether jurisdiction to vary consent orders to permit execution of judgments no longer challenged and to allow plaintiffs to reduce their bank guarantee – whether jurisdiction should be exercised

Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW)

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Short v Crawley (No. 30) [2007] NSWSC 1322 Short v Crawley (No. 38) [2008] NSWSC 917 Short v Crawley (No. 39) [2008] NSWSC 1353 Short v Crawley (No. 33), 28 March 2008 R D Werner & Co Inc. v Bailey Aluminium Products Pty Ltd (1988) 18 FCR 389 Harvey v Phillips (1956) 95 CLR 235 Wilkshire v The Commonwealth (1976) 9 ALR 325 Adam P Brown Male Fashions Pty Limited v Philip Morris Inc (1981) 148 CLR 170 CASES CITED : Morgan v 45 Flers Avenue Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 573 FAI General Insurance Co Ltd v Southern Cross Exploration NL (1988) 165 CLR 268 Paino v Hofbauer (1988) 13 NSWLR 193 Fylas Pty Ltd v Vynal Pty Ltd [1992] 2 QdR 593 Alford v Ebbage [2002] QCA 194; [2003] 1 QdR 343 Dwyer v National Companies & Securities Commission (No. 2) (1988) 15 NSWLR 285 Hancock v Arnold [2009] NSWCA 19 Saul v Lin [2007] NSWSC 782 Brimaud v Honeysett Instant Print Pty Ltd (1988) 217 ALR 44