Kempston Holdings v Harper Macrae & Associates [2010] NSWSC 105

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Kempston Holdings v Harper Macrae & Associates [2010] NSWSC 105

HEARING DATE(S) : 18 February 2010

JUDGMENT DATE : 2 March 2010

JURISDICTION : Common Law

JUDGMENT OF : Harrison AsJ

(1) The plaintiffs' notice of motion filed 9 November 2009 is dismissed. DECISION : (2) Order that the parties attend mediation. (3) The matter is listed for a status conference before the Registrar at 9.00 am on 18 March 2010. (4) The plaintiffs are to pay the defendants' costs as agreed or assessed. The order for costs is effective after seven (7) days in the event no application is made to vary that order. Liberty to restore.

CATCHWORDS : CONTRACTS - Building, engineering and related contracts - APPLICATION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT - Where language of contract ambiguous - Whether summary judgment appropriate

LEGISLATION CITED : Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Air Services Australia v Zarb (Court of Appeal, 26 August 1998, unreported) Borg v Howlett [1996] NSWSC 153 (24 May 1996) Codelfa Constructions Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales [1982] HCA 24; (1982) 149 CLR 337 Commonwealth of Australia v Griffiths & Anor [2007] NSWCA 370; 70 NSWLR 268 David Jones v Perpetual Ltd & Anor [2006] QSC 337 (10 November 2006) CASES CITED : Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners [1949] HCA 1; (1949) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) & Ors [1964] HCA 69; (1964) 112 CLR 125 Miles v Bull [1969] 1 QB 258 Spellson v George (1992) 26 NSWLR 666 Webster & Anor v Lampard [1993] HCA 57; (1993) 177 CLR 598 Wolverhampton Corporation v Emmons [1901] 1 KB 515