NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Cookson Plibrico Pty Limited v V & M Davidovic Pty Limited [2010] NSWSC 1171
HEARING DATE(S) : 8 October 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 11 November 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Hallen AsJ
DECISION : Summary judgment refused but Defendant ordered to give undertaking as to damages. The form of orders to now be made to give effect to the reasons for judgment and the directions necessary to have the case promptly heard and any argument on costs to be subject of further submissions.
CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Summary judgment - Whether the proposed defence demonstrates entitlement to retain funds - EQUITY - set-off - whether reasonably arguable that a claim for damages based on misleading or deceptive conduct gives rise to an equitable set-off in respect of moneys repayable under Deed
Civil Procedure Act 2005 LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Abignano v Wenkart (1998) 9 BPR 16,765 AWA Ltd v Exicom Australia Pty Ltd (1990) 19 NSWLR Bayview Quarries Pty Ltd v Castley Development Pty Ltd [1963] VR 445 Blacksheep Productions Pty Ltd v Waks [2008] NSWSC 488 Bonner v Great Western Railway Co (1883) 24 ChD 1 Commonwealth v Verwayen [1990] HCA 39 Discount & Finance Ltd v Gehrig's NSW Wines Ltd (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 598 E (a Minor) v Dorset County Council [1995] 2 AC 633 Fong v Cilli (1968) 11 FLR 495 Forsyth (as trustees for the C&S Forsyth Superannuation Fund) v Gibbs [2008] QCA 103 Galambos & Son Pty Ltd v McIntyre (1974) 5 ACTR 10 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Grundt v Great Boulder Pty Gold Mines Ltd [1937] HCA 58 CASES CITED : Hawker Noyes Equipment Pty Limited v Dueeasy Pty Limited (Court of Appeal, Meagher, Sheller and Cole JJA, 18 July 1996, unreported) Knight v Wilson [2008] NSWSC 1083 Lean v Tumut River Orchard Management Ltd [2003] FCA 269 Legione v Hateley [1983] HCA 11 McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd (1933) 48 CLR 457 McDonnell & East Ltd v McGregor (1936) 56 CLR 50 O'Rourke v Hoeven [1974] 1 NSWLR 622 Penrith v Whitewater Stadium Ltd v Lesvos Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 176 Powercell Pty Ltd v Cuzeno Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 600 Quality Bakers Australia Pty Limited v Yassin Modern Bakery Pty Limited (t/as Yassin Lebanese Bakery) [2007] NSWSC 804 Rawson v Samuel (1941) Cr & Ph 161 Spencer v Commonwealth [2010] HCA 28 Theseus Exploration NL v Foyster (1972) 126 CLR 507 Thompson v Palmer [1933] HCA 61 Wickstead v Browne [1992] NSWCA 272
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