Amcus Pty Limited v Hurst Rentals Pty Limited & Ors [No 2] [2010] NSWSC 239

Reported Decision : 77 ACSR 550

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Amcus Pty Limited v Hurst Rentals Pty Limited & Ors [No 2] [2010] NSWSC 239

HEARING DATE(S) : 19 November 2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 30 March 2010

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Slattery J at 1

DECISION : No further order made.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - miscellaneous procedural matters - procedure following deregistration of defendant corporation where defendant has cross claim - plaintiff applies to stand over proceedings generally - not desirable as finality is preferable - not possible for the Court to enter judgment against the dissolved corporate defendant - dismissal of cross claim not appropriate - pleading of cross claim not otherwise defective and no identified abuse of process - appropriate course is "do nothing except refrain from proceeding any further" - no need to stand proceeding over generally - proceedings already at an end - no order made

LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Part 5A.1, s 601AD(1),(2),(3),(4), s 601AH Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r12.1

CATEGORY : Consequential orders

Amcus Pty Limited v Hurst Rentals Pty Limited & Ors [2009] NSWSC 1016 Astaire Pty Ltd v Cavanagh and Coope, (Supreme Court of Western Australia, Master Seaman QC, unreported, 23 February 1987, Library No 6601) Daimler Company Ltd v Continental Tyre & Rubber Company (Great Britain) Ltd [1916] 2 AC 307 Lazard Bros & Co v Midland Bank Ltd [1933] AC 289 CASES CITED : Morris v Harris (1927) AC 252 Re Morton; Ex parte Mitchell Products Pty Ltd; Morton v Vouris (1996) 21 ACSR 497 Sweeney & Vandeleur Pty Limited v BNY Australia Limited (1993) 11ACSR 356 Total Eden Pty Limited v Pipeline Properties Pty Limited (1990) 8 ACLC 1075 Toyota Motor Corp Australia Ltd v Ken Morgan Motors Pty Limited [1994] 2 VR 106 United Service Insurance Co Ltd (in liquidation) v Lang (1935) 35 SR (NSW) 487