Westpac Banking Corporation v Michael Vincent Bourke & Anor [2012] NSWSC 111

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Westpac Banking Corporation v Michael Vincent Bourke & Anor [2012] NSWSC 111 Hearing dates: 17/02/2012 Decision date: 17 February 2012 Jurisdiction: Equity Division - Commercial List Before: Einstein J Decision: 1. I dismiss the Notice of Motion dated 9 January 2012. 2. I direct that the defendants pay the plaintiff's costs of the Notice of Motion filed on 9 January 2012. Catchwords: Application to set aside default judgment Cases Cited: Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 Gunns Ltd v Marr [2005] VSC 251 McGuirk v University of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 1424 National Australia Bank v Menere [2010] NSWSC 381 North v Shierlaw (1897) 13 WN (NSW) 163 Northam v Favelle Favco Holdings Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Bryson J, 7 March 1995, unreported) Rosling v Ben Shemesh [1960] VR 173 Shelton v National Roads & Motorists Association Ltd (2004) 51 ACSR 278 Term Sales Pty Ltd v Jospeh (1949) 67 WN (NSW) 44 Vacuum Oil Pty Ltd v Stockdale (1942) 42 SR (NSW) 239 Wen Guo Jin v St George Bank Limited [2011] NSWSC 183 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Westpac Banking Corporation ABN 33 007 457 141 (Plaintiff) Michael Vincent Bourke (First Defendant) Krystyna Mary Therese Bourke (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr T D Tzovaras (solicitor for appellant/defendants) Mr R Adams (solicitor for respondent/plaintiff) Solicitors: Henry David York (respondent/plaintiff) File Number(s): 2010/00116759