Juliex Pty Limited v Shoalhaven City Council [2015] NSWSC 618

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Juliex Pty Limited v Shoalhaven City Council [2015] NSWSC 618 Hearing dates: 12 March 2015 Date of orders: 25 May 2015 Decision date: 25 May 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: The Court orders that: (1) The plaintiffs'notice of motion filed 24 October 2014 is dismissed. (2) Costs are reserved. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – UCPR 17.7 - judgment on admissions – whether causation has been admitted on the pleadings – whether traverse of scope of liability – whether admissions clear and unambiguous Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Adeels Palace Pty Ltd v Bou Najem [2009] HCA 48 Almeroth v W E Chivers & Sons Ltd [1948] 1 All ER 53 Ash v Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd [1936] 2 All ER 1496; [1936] Ch 489 Dare v Pulham (1982) 148 CLR 658; (1982) 44 ALR 117 Frinty v Landmax Developments [2010] NSWSC 734 March v E & MH Stramare Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 506; [1991] HCA 12 Moon v Mun [2013] NSWCA 217 Re the Trade Marks Act 1955-1958 and the Registered Trade Marks "Certina" and "Certina DS" (1970) 44 ALJR 191 Travel Compensation Fund v Tambree t/as Tambree and Associates [2005] HCA 69; 224 CLR 627 Wallace v Kam (2013) 250 CLR 375; [2013] HCA 19 Texts Cited: Bargaric M & Erbacher S, "Causation in negligence: From anti-jurisprudence to principle – Individual responsibility as the cornerstone for the attribution of liability" (2011) 18 JLM 759, 759, 764 Justice M J Beazley AO, "Causation and statutory determinism: The Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 5D" (2013) 87 ALJ 591 Justice P Garling RFD, "A Judicial Perspective on the Civil Liability Act 2002 – Ten Years On" (Speech delivered at the NSW Bar Association Personal Injury Conference, 3 March 2012) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Juliex Pty Limited ATF Cossetto Family Trust (First Plaintiff) Tagdime Pty Limited ATF the Davison Family Trust (Second Plaintiff) Shoalhaven City Council (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M McCulloch SC & R Notley (First and Second Plaintiffs) S Glascott (Defendants)