Bird v Bird [2010] NSWSC 303

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Bird v Bird [2010] NSWSC 303

HEARING DATE(S) : 18 November 2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 21 April 2010

JUDGMENT OF : McLaughlin AsJ

DECISION : 1. I order that the amended notice of motion filed by the Plaintiff on 18 November 2009 be dismissed. 2. I order that the Plaintiff pay the costs of the First, Second and Third Defendants of the aforesaid amended notice of motion, and of the notice of motion filed by the Plaintiff on 25 August 2009.

CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE - Application for summary dismissal of cross-claim - application for striking out of parts of cross-claim and of parts of defences - whether cross-claim discloses a reasonable cause of action - whether defences disclose a reasonable defence - Plaintiff has received benefit from conduct of which she now complains - allegation of accessorial liability for knowing receipt of trust property - claim for imposition of a constructive trust - indefeasibility of title.

LEGISLATION CITED : Uniform Civil Procedure Rules

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244 General Steel Industries Inc. v Commissioner for Railways [1964] HCA 69; (1964) 112 CLR 125 Breskvar v Wall [1971] HCA 70; (1971) 126 CLR 376 Muschinski v Dodds [1985] HCA 78; (1985) 160 CLR 583 Baumgartner v Baumgartner [1987] HCA 59; (1987) 164 CLR 137 CASES CITED : Bahr v Nicolay [No 2] [1988] HCA 16; (1988) 164 CLR 604 Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd v Tan [1995] 2 AC 378 Macquarie Bank Ltd v Sixty-Fourth Throne Pty Ltd [1998] 3 VR 133 LHK Nominees Pty Ltd v Kenworthy [2002] WASCA 291; (2002) 26 WAR 517 Farah Constructions Pty Limited v Say-Dee Pty Limited [2007] HCA 22; (2007) 230 CLR 89 Super 1000 v Pacific General Securities [2008] NSWSC 1222