National Australia Bank Limited v McCarthy [2014] NSWSC 1819

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: National Australia Bank Limited v McCarthy [2014] NSWSC 1819 Hearing dates: 26 November 2014 Decision date: 19 December 2014 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hall J Decision: (1) The defendant's Notice of Motion filed 5 March 2014 is dismissed. (2) I will hear the parties on the costs of the Notice of Motion. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE - application to set aside default judgment - defendant failed to file a Defence within the prescribed time - consideration of whether the defendant has a bona fide defence available - application dismissed Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Balanced Securities Ltd v Oberlechner [2007] NSWSC 80 Dai v Zhu [2013] NSWCA 412 Dunwoodie v Teachers Mutual Bank Ltd [2014] NSWCA 24 Magnate Projects Pty Ltd v Youma Constructions (No 2) Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 331 National Australia Bank Ltd v McCann [2010] NSWSC 766 National Australia Bank v Priestley (No 3) [2012] NSWSC 1171 Perpetual Trustees Victoria v Longobardi [2009] NSWSC 654 Provident Capital Limited v Papa [2013] NSWCA 36 Reinehr Industrial Lease & Finance Pty Ltd v Jordan (unreported, NSWCA, 4 June 1974, Street ACJ, Hardie and Glass JJA) Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: National Australia Bank Limited (Plaintiff) Warren Brian McCarthy (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: DC Price (Plaintiff) In person (Defendant) Solicitors: DibbsBarker (Plaintiff) In person (Defendant) File Number(s): 2014/5111