Leveraged Equities Limited v Gregory John Huxley; Leveraged Equities Limited v Jason Wilkinson; Leveraged Equities Limited v Prudence Anne Wilkinson [2010] NSWSC 1149

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Leveraged Equities Limited v Gregory John Huxley; Leveraged Equities Limited v Jason Wilkinson; Leveraged Equities Limited v Prudence Anne Wilkinson [2010] NSWSC 1149

HEARING DATE(S) : 5 October 2010 JURISDICTION : Common Law

JUDGMENT OF : Harrison AsJ

(1) In each matter the cross claims are dismissed. DECISION : (2) The defendants/cross claimants are to pay the plaintiff/cross defendant's costs of the motions filed 14 September 2010. (3) In each matter the defence is struck out.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - judgments and orders - in general - miscellaneous procedural matters - cross-claims - where a cross claimant sought to relitigate a proceedings after an arbitration decision had been entered as a judgment of the court - ESTOPPEL - former adjudication and matters of record or quasi of record - by award of arbitrator

LEGISLATION CITED : Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Blair & Perpetual Trustee v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 Dadd & Ors v Leveraged Equity Pty; Leveraged Equity Pty Ltd v Huxley & Anor (Supreme Court of NSW South Wales, 21 September 2009, unreported) Finance & Equity v Leveraged Equities [2007] NSWSC 886 Henderson v Henderson (1843) 3 Hare 100; 67 ER 313 Humphries v Humphries (1910) 2 KB 531 CASES CITED : Jackson v Goldsmith (1950) 81 CLR 446 Leveraged Equities Pty Ltd v Huxley [2010] NSWCA 179 Nicholls v Michael Wilson & Partners Limited [2010] NSWCA 222 Onerati v Phillips Construction Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 730 Port Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd [1981] HCA 45; (1981) 147 CLR 589 Rippon v Chilcotin Pty Ltd (2001) 53 NSWLR 198 State Bank of New South Wales Limited v Stenhouse Ltd (1997) Aust Torts Reports 81-423