Denis Cassegrain & Ors v Gerard Cassegrain & Co Pty Limited (in Liquidation) & Ors [2014] NSWSC 411

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Denis Cassegrain & Ors v Gerard Cassegrain & Co Pty Limited (in Liquidation) & Ors [2014] NSWSC 411 Decision date: 10 April 2014 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Bergin CJ in Eq Decision: Leave granted to amend pleading Catchwords: [PRACTICE & PROCEDURE] - application to amend pleading as remitted by Court of Appeal - where issue whether parties proceeded at first instance on basis of a claim for equitable compensation although not in pleading [ORDERS] - where the successful party in the Court of Appeal claims orders including for remitter of application to amend pleading after trial and appeal do not reflect Court of Appeal intention - appropriate procedure in the circumstances. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Conveyancing Act 1919 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Denis Cassegrain & Ors v Gerard Cassegrain & Co Pty Ltd & Ors [2012] NSWSC 403 Denis Cassegrain & Ors v Gerard Cassegrain & Co Pty Ltd & Ors (Final Orders) [2012] NSWSC 834 Gerard Cassegrain & Co Pty Limited v Cassegrain; Cassegrain v Gerard Cassegrain and Co [2010] NSWSC 91 Gerard Cassegrain & Co Pty Ltd (in liquidation) v Cassegrain [2013] NSWCA 455 Gould and Birkbeck and Bacon v Mount Oxide Mines Ltd (in liquidation) & Ors (1916) 22 CLR 490 Water Board v Moustakas (1988) 180 CLR 491 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Denis Cassegrain (First Plaintiff/Applicant) Catherine Dunn (Second Plaintiff/Applicant) Patrick Cassegrain (Third Plaintiff/Applicant) John Cassegrain (Fourth Plaintiff/Applicant) Gerard Cassegrain & Co Pty Limited (in Liquidation (First Defendant) Claude Cassegrain (Second Defendant) Felicity Cassegrain (Third Defendant/Respondent) Anthony Blake Sarks (Fourth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Ashhurst SC/G Colyer (Plaintiffs and Administrator) JJ Garnsey QC/R Raffell (Third Defendant) Solicitors: File Number(s): 2008/281625 Publication restriction: Nil