National Australia Bank v McCarthy [2015] NSWSC 1040

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: National Australia Bank v McCarthy [2015] NSWSC 1040 Hearing dates: 23 July 2015 Decision date: 29 July 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Adamson J Decision: 1. Dismiss the defendant's notice of motion filed on 1 July 2015.

2. Unless an application for a different order is made to my Associate in writing within seven days hereof, order the defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs of the motion. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to stay writ of possession – application to set aside default judgment – no arguable defence on the merits – application dismissed Legislation Cited: Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bofinger v Kingsway Group Ltd [2009] HCA 44; 239 CLR 269 Burston Finance v Speirway Limited [1974] 1 WLR 1648 Drew v Lockett (1863) 32 Beav 499 Dunwoodie v Teachers Mutual Bank Ltd [2014] NSWCA 24 Elkofairi v Permanent Co Ltd [2002] NSWCA 413 Magnate Projects Pty Ltd v Youma Constructions (No 2) Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 331 National Australia Bank Limited v Smith [2014] NSWSC 1605 National Australia Bank Ltd v Rice [2015] VSC 10 National Australia Bank Ltd v Rice (No. 2) [2015] VSC 147 National Australia Bank v McCarthy [2014] NSWSC 1819 National Australia Bank v McCarthy [2015] NSWSC 731 Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd v Khoshaba [2006] NSWCA 41 Category: Principal judgment Parties: National Australia Bank Limited (Plaintiff) Warren Brian McCarthy (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: DC Price (Plaintiff) Defendant in person