Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd v Zepinic & Anor [No 6] [2010] NSWSC 538

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd v Zepinic & Anor [No 6] [2010] NSWSC 538

HEARING DATE(S) : 18 February 2010

JUDGMENT DATE : 21 May 2010

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Slattery J at 1

a. Dismiss the defendant's amended motion of 15 December 2009. DECISION : b. Order the defendants to pay the plaintiff's costs of the proceedings after 3 December 2009. c. Grant liberty to apply.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - Supreme Court procedure - cross claims - cross claim filed out of time - leave sought to file cross claim after determination of principal claim - whether prosecution of cross claim is barred by Anshun estoppel - COSTS - plaintiff claims costs should follow the event - HELD - no estoppel - but extension of time to file cross claim not granted - pleading embarrassing and principal proceedings determined - costs ordered to follow the event

LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005, ss 22, 56 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules rr 9.1, 16.1, 42.1

CATEGORY : Consequential orders

Brewarrina Shire Council v Beckhaus Civil Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 248 Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd v Zepinic [2009] NSWSC 1339 Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd v Zepinic [No 2] [2009] Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd v Zepinic & Anor [No 3] Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd v Zepinic & Anor [No 4] CASES CITED : Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd v Zepinic & Anor [No 5] Chatsworth investments Ltd v Amco (UK) Ltd (1968) 1 Ch 665 CSI International Co Ltd v Archway Personnel (Middle East) Ltd (1980) 1 WLR 1069 Henderson v Henderson (1843) 67 ER 313 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589 Wood v Cross TV Centre Pty Limited (1962) NSWR 528