Sywak v Visnic [2010] NSWSC 222

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Sywak v Visnic [2010] NSWSC 222

HEARING DATE(S) : 7 August 2009 & 4 September 2000

JUDGMENT DATE : 5 March 2010

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Slattery J at 1

DECISION : Paragraphs 2 and 3 of the defendant's amended notice of motion dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : EQUITY - general principles - equitable doctrines and presumptions - application for permanent stay of proceedings - cause of action estoppel alleged arising out of findings in prior proceedings - Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun (1981) 147 CLR 589 estoppel alleged - abuse of process alleged - subject matter of the current proceedings not raised in the prior proceedings - different causes of action in the two proceedings subject matter relied upon in the current proceedings not so relevant to the subject matter of the prior proceedings that it would have been unreasonable not to rely upon it in the prior proceedings - no inconsistency in judgments likely between the current proceedings and prior proceedings - no abuse of process - application dismissed

Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 13.4, 46 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 67

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

Batistatos v Roads and Traffic Authority (NSW); Batistatos v Newcastle City Council [2006] HCA 27 Brunsden v Humphrey (1884) 14 QBD 141 Carl Zeiss Stiftung v Rayner & Keeler Ltd (No 2) [1967] 1 AC 853 Hunter v The Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police (1982) AC 529 Milan Visnic v Peter Sywak [2007] NSWSC 701 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Limited (1981) 147 CLR 589 CASES CITED : Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd (No 2) [1982] Ch 204 Ramsay v Pegram (1968) 118 CLR 271 Reichel v Magrath (1889) 14 AppCas 665 Trawl Industries of Australia Pty Limited (In liquidation) and Others v Effem Foods Pty Limited (1992) 36 FCR 406 Visnic v Sywak & Ors [2007] NSWSC 701 Visnic v Sywak & Ors [2008] NSWSC 427 Visnic v Sywak [2009] NSWCA 173