Bazem Pty v Bureau of Urban Architecture; Bureau of Urban Architecture v Bazem [2010] NSWSC 978

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Bazem Pty v Bureau of Urban Architecture; Bureau of Urban Architecture v Bazem [2010] NSWSC 978

HEARING DATE(S) : 27 July 2010

JUDGMENT DATE : 2 September 2010

JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J

DECISION : Applications granted.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - Joinder of Parties - whether plaintiff should have leave to join insurer of defendant that refused to indemnify - whether in related proceedings it should have leave to amend its defence to raise issues upon which the insurer relied

Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) Architects Act 2003 Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) Federal Court Rules 1979 (Cth) The Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2005 (Vic)

Re Great Eastern Cleaning Services Pty Ltd and the Companies Act [1978] 2 NSWLR 278 Walker v Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia (1985) 3 NSWLR 496 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Proprietary Limited (1981) 147 CLR 589 Mercantile Mutual Holdings Ltd v Territory Insurance Office, NSWSC, unreported, 10 April 1989 Mercantile Mutual Holdings Ltd v Territory Insurance Office, NSWSC, unreported, 4 May 1989 J N Taylor Holdings Ltd v Bond (1993) 59 SASR 432 Tatterson v Wirtanen [1998] VSC 88 CASES CITED : CE Heath v Pyramid Building Society [1997] 2 VR 256 Beneficial Finance Corp v Price Waterhouse (1996) 68 SASR 19 Interchase Corporation Ltd (in liq) v FAI General Insurance Co Ltd [2000] 2 Qd R 301 Employers Reinsurance Corporation v Ashmere Cove Pty Ltd [2008] FCAFC 28; (2008) 166 FCR 398 Ashmere Cove Pty Ltd v Beekink (No 2) [2007] FCA 1421; 244 ALR 534 Done v Financial Wisdom Ltd [2008] FCA 1706 Anjin No 13 Pty Ltd v Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd [2009] VSC 371 Aon Risk Services Australia Limited v Australian National University [2009] HCA 27; (2009) 239 CLR 175