NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Elkin v Roxby [2009] NSWSC 303
HEARING DATE(S) : 27 Novemeber 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 23 April 2009
JUDGMENT OF : McLaughlin AsJ
DECISION : 1. I order that the proceedings be dismissed. 2. I order that the Plaintiff pay the costs of the Defendant of the notice of motion filed by the Defendant on 20 June 2008, and of the proceedings.
CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE and PROCEDURE - summary dismissal - common mistake - restitution - estoppel - poker machine entitlements
LEGISLATION CITED : Gaming Machines Act 2001
Grundt v Great Boulder Proprietary Gold Mines Limited (1938) 59 CLR 641 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 CASES CITED : Keen v Holland [1984] 1 WLR 251 CA Jones v Watkins (26 November 1987, unreported, English Court of Appeal) Wonall Pty Limited v Clarence Property Corporation Limited [2003] NSWSC 497; (2003) 58 NSWLR 23 Jabetin Pty Limited v Liquor Administration Board; Jabetin v Benwine Pty Limited [2005] NSWCA 92; (2005) 63 NSWLR 602 Errichetti Nominees Pty Limited v Patterson Group Architects Pty Limited [2007] WASC 77
TEXTS CITED : Meagher, Gummow and Lehane's Equity Doctrines and Remedies (4 ed., 2002) K. R. Handley, Estoppel by Conduct and Election (2006)
PARTIES : Russell Gregory Elkin (Plaintiff) Michael Shane Roxby (Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5682 of 2007
COUNSEL : Mr R. Scruby (Plaintiff) Mr R. Kaye SC (Defendant)
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