Maleski v Hampson [2013] NSWSC 1794

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Maleski v Hampson [2013] NSWSC 1794 Hearing dates: 06/11/2013 Decision date: 05 December 2013 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: (1) The defence filed 1 May 2013 is struck out. (2) The defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - application to strike out defence - whether there is an arguable defence - PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW - enforcement of foreign judgment - whether allegation fraud is a defence to enforcement of foreign judgment Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Rules Governing the Courts of New Jersey (New Jersey, US) Cases Cited: Abouloff v Oppenheimer (1882) 10 QBD 295 Allardyce Lumber Company Limited v Quarter Enterprises Pty Limited (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 438 Benefit Strategies Group v Prider (2005) Close v Arnot Matter No10107/96 [1997] NSWSC 569 Godard v Grey (1870) LR 6 QB 139 Herman v Meallin (1891) 8 WN (NSW) 38 Jet Holdings Inc v Patel [1990] QB 335 Keele v Findley (1990) 21 NSWLR 444 O'Brien v Bank of Western Australia Ltd [2013] NSWCA 71 RDCW Diamonds v Da Gloria [2006] NSWSC 450 Schnabel v Yung Lui [2002] NSWSC 15 Spencer v Commonwealth [2010] HCA 28; (2010) 241 CLR 118 Vadala v Lawes (1890) 25 QBD 310 Wentworth v Rogers (No 5) (1986) 6 NSWLR 534 Yoon v Song [2000] NSWSC 1147 Texts Cited: Encyclopaedic Australian Legal Dictionary, (LexisNexis, 2013) M Davies, A Bell and PLG Brereton, Nygh's Conflict of Laws in Australia, (LexisNexis, 8th ed, 2010) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Nadine Maleski (Plaintiff) Donald Hampson (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: CS Ward (Plaintiff) P Bushby (Defendant) Solicitors: LAC Lawyers (Plaintiff) Loke Bushby International (Defendant) File Number(s): 2013/82455 Publication restriction: Nil