The Owners Corporation SP 70798 v Bakkante Constructions Pty Limited (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 147

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Owners Corporation SP 70798 v Bakkante Constructions Pty Limited (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 147 Hearing dates: 18, 19 & 24 February 2014 Decision date: 13 March 2014 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Pembroke J Decision: Notice of Motion dismissed Catchwords: CASE MANAGEMENT - re-opening - after hearing - after reasons published - discretionary considerations CASE MANAGEMENT - finality of litigation - importance of - public interest REAL PROPERTY - strata titles - section 80D of the Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW) - purported ratification of legal proceedings commenced by owners corporation - principles - ratification after hearing Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 Strata Schemes Management Regulation 2010 Cases Cited: Aon Risk Services v Australian National University [2009] HCA 27; (2009) 239 CLR 175 Bamford v Bamford [1970] 1 Ch 212 Fidelities Shipping Co Ltd v V/O Exportchleb [1966] 1 QB 630 Bibby Financial Services Australia Pty Ltd v Sharma [2014] NSWCA 37 Forge v Australian Securities & Investments Commission [2004] NSWCA 448 Hawthorn Glen Pty Ltd v Aconex Pty Ltd (No 1) [2007] FCA 2010 Owners SP 2187 v Astoria Asset Management Ltd (District Court (NSW), 14 October 2011, unrep) Owners SP 56117 v Drexler [2013] NSWDC 67 Owners SP 46528 v Hall [2009] NSWSC 278 Metwally v University of Wollongong [1985] HCA 28; (1985) 60 ALR 68 The Owners Corporation SP 70798 v Bakkante Constructions Pty Limited [2013] NSWSC 848 The Owners Corporation Strata Plan No 73943 v 2 Elizabeth Bay Road Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 1769 Urban Transport Authority of New South Wales v Nweiser (1992) 28 NSWLR 471 Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council [1982] HCA 41; (1982) 149 CLR 672 Winthrop Investments Ltd v Winns Ltd (1975) 2 NSWLR 666 Texts Cited: P Watts and F Reynolds, Bowstead & Reynolds on Agency, (19th ed, 2010, Sweet & Maxwell) Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: The Owners Corporation SP 70798 - plaintiff Bakkante Constructions Pty Limited - first defendant William Andrew Zankin - second defendant Representation: Counsel: F Corsaro SC with P Bambagiotti - for the plaintiff M Pesman SC - for the first defendant K Rees SC - for the second defendant Solicitors: File Number(s): 2011/275811