Hill End Gold Ltd v First Tiffany Resource Corporation (No 2) [2010] NSWSC 555

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Hill End Gold Ltd v First Tiffany Resource Corporation (No 2) [2010] NSWSC 555

HEARING DATE(S) : 27 May 2010

JUDGMENT DATE : 28 May 2010

JURISDICTION : Equity Division Expedition List

JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J

DECISION : That the orders pronounced on 29 April 2010 be supplemented by adding to order (1): ",other than the costs attributable to the defendant's deregistration." And inserting after order (1): "(1A) Order that the defendant pay the plaintiff's costs (if any) attributable to the defendant's deregistration."

CATCHWORDS : EQUITY – equitable remedies – declarations – when not appropriate – where declaration would convert non-essential conclusions into res judicata – where matter already res judicata by reason of earlier judgment of another court – where declaration would be hypothetical – PROCEDURE – judgments and orders – amending, varying and setting aside – where pronounced or terms reserving opportunity to apply for different orders – COSTS – no question of principle

CATEGORY : Consequential orders

Brooker v Friend & Brooker Pty Ltd (No 2) [2008] NSWCA 129 [78] Farrell v Mulroney [1978] 1 NSWLR 221 CASES CITED : Hill End Gold Ltd v First Tiffany Resource Corp [2008] NSWSC 866 Hill End Gold Ltd v First Tiffany Resource Corporation [2010] NSWSC 375 State Rail Authority of New South Wales v Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd (No 2) (1982) 150 CLR 29

PARTIES : Hill End Gold Limited (plaintiff) First Tiffany Resource Corporation (defendant)

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2005/262103

COUNSEL : Mr C N Bova (plaintiff) Dr K A Stern (defendant)