Feldman & Ors v Blake Napier Ltd as trustee of the Blake Napier Property Trust & Ors [2011] NSWSC 456

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Feldman & Ors v Blake Napier Ltd as trustee of the Blake Napier Property Trust & Ors [2011] NSWSC 456 Hearing dates: 19 May 2011 Decision date: 27 May 2011 Before: Ball J Decision: The plaintiffs' motions filed on 24 March 2011 be dismissed. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - civil - summary disposal - whether defendants have an arguable defence - whether question of set-off should be determined as a separate question EQUITY - defences - set-off - whether cross claim sufficiently connected to permit set-off - whether defendants entitled to bring claim said to give rise to set-off Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Australian Mutual Provident Society v Specialist Funding Consultants Pty Ltd (1991) 24 NSWLR 32 AWA Ltd v Exicom Australia Pty Ltd (1990) 19 NSWLR 705 Burns v MAN Automotive (Aust) Pty Ltd [1986] HCA 81; (1986) 161 CLR 653 Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Hadley v Baxendale (1854) 9 ExCH 341; 156 ER 145 Idoport Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank Ltd [2000] NSWSC 1215 Integral Home Loans Pty Ltd v Interstar Wholesale Finance Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 1464 Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Morts Dock & Engineering Co Ltd (The Wagon Mound (No 1)) [1961] AC 388 Tepko Pty Ltd v Water Board (2001) 206 CLR 1 Webster v Lampard [1993] HCA 57; (1993) 177 CLR 598 Texts Cited: R Meagher, D Heydon, M Leeming, Meagher, Gummow & Lehane's Equity Doctrines and Remedies, 4th Edition, 2002, Butterworths R Derham on The Law of Set-Off, 4th Edition, 2010, Oxford University Press Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Pnina Feldman (First Plaintiff/First Applicant) Rabbi Yosef Feldman (Second Plaintiff/Second Applicant) Pincus Feldman (Third Plaintiff/Third Applicant) Blake Napier Ltd (First Defendant/First Respondent) Michael Moss (Second Defendant/ Second Respondent) Ian Levi (Third Defendant/Third Respondent) Richard Gelski (Fourth Defendant/Fourth Respondent) Carl Reid (Fifth Defendant/Fifth Respondent) Representation: J A D Needham SC (Applicants/Plaintiffs) G M McGrath (Applicants/Plaintiffs) P M Wood (Respondents/Defendants) J Horowitz (Respondents/Defendants) Arnold Bloch Leibler (Applicants/Plaintiffs) DSM Austin (Respondents/Defendants) File Number(s): 2011/231327