Hilton v Gidley [2014] NSWSC 874

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hilton v Gidley [2014] NSWSC 874 Hearing dates: 2 & 3 June 2014 Decision date: 03 July 2014 Before: Harrison J Decision: 1. Grant leave to the fourth defendant to appear in these proceedings for the purpose of opposing the plaintiff's notice of motion filed 20 November 2013 and seeking orders (2) and (3) below. 2. Set aside the orders of Hislop J made on 22 May 2009. 3. Set aside the orders of Patten AJ made on 5 August 2009. 4. Direct the fourth defendant to file and serve any defence or other pleading upon which she intends to rely within 21 days of today's date. 5. Stand the proceedings over before me for further directions, including directions concerning the position of the third defendant, to Monday 4 August 2014 at 9.30am. 6. Order that the costs of this application be the fourth defendant's costs in the proceedings. 7. Grant liberty to all parties to apply on 48 hours' notice. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - submitting appearance entered by mistake - application to set aside judgment refusing leave to withdraw submitting appearance under UCPR 36.16 -whether defendant has an arguable defence - application to set aside final judgment under UCPR 36.15 - whether judgment obtained irregularly or against good faith Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Contracts Review Act 1980 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Blomley v Ryan [1956] HCA 81;(1956) 99 CLR 362 BP Australia Ltd v Brown & Ors [2003] NSWCA 216; (2003) 58 NSWLR 322 Cameron v Cole [1944] HCA 5; (1944) 68 CLR 571 Charles v Shepherd [1892] 2 QB 622 Coles v Burke (1987) 10 NSWLR 429 Commercial Bank of Australia v Amadio [1983] HCA 14; (1983) 151 CLR 447 Dimitrovski v Australian Executor Trustees Ltd [2013] NSWSC 337 D'Orta Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid [2005] HCA 12; (2005) 223 CLR 1 Dunwoodie v Teachers Mutual Bank [2014] NSWCA 24 Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd v Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Ltd [2013] HCA 46 Fast Fix Loans Pty Ltd v Samardzic [2011] NSWCA 260 Firth v John Mowlem and Co Ltd [1978] 3 All ER 331 Fitter v Public Trustee & Ors [2007] NSWSC 1487 Hans Pet Constructions Pty Ltd v Cassar [2009] NSWCA 230 Hilton v Gidley [2009] NSWSC 383 Kahlefeldt Securities Pty Ltd v Guruparan [2012] NSWSC 476 Kavia Holdings Pty Ltd v Werncog Pty Ltd [1999] NSWSC 839 Kendall v Carnegie and Ors [2006] NSWCA 302; (2006) 68 NSWLR 193 King Investment Solutions v Hussain [2005] NSWSC 1076; (2005) 64 NSWLR 441 Mamfredas Investment Group Pty Ltd (formerly known as MAM Marketing Pty Ltd) v PropertyIT and Consulting Pty Ltd & Ors [2013] NSWSC 929 Perpetual Trustees v Heperu [No. 2] [2009] NSWCA 387; (2009) 78 NSWLR 190 Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v Khoshaba [2006] NSWCA 41 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun [1981] HCA 45; (1981) 147 CLR 589 Redwin Industries Pty Ltd v Feetsafe Pty Ltd [2002] VSC 427 Re Thom (1918) 18 SR (NSW) 70 Satz v ACN 069 808 957 Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 365 Steinhoff Australia Pacific Ltd v Lifestyle Retailing Pty Ltd [2011] NSWSC 1621 Teachers Health Investments Pty Ltd v Wynne (1996) NSW ConvR 55,785 Trust Co of Australia Ltd v Perpetual Trustee WA Ltd (No 2) (1995) 36 NSWLR 654 Zakaria v Dr Noyce [2012] NSWSC 981 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Norman Anthony Hilton (Plaintiff) Isobelle Gidley (First Defendant) Richard John Shears (Second Defendant) Daniel John Bickel (Third Defendant) Cynthia Frances Berkemeier (Fourth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Svehla (Plaintiff) Z Hillman (Fourth Defendant) Solicitors: Pure Legal (Plaintiff) Kingsley Lui The People's Solicitors (Third Defendant) Colin Brown (Fourth Defendant) File Number(s): 2008/284408 Publication restriction: Nil