Nitro Circus Touring Australia Pty Ltd –v- Ilaria Lenzoni [2016] NSWSC 178

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Nitro Circus Touring Australia Pty Ltd –v- Ilaria Lenzoni [2016] NSWSC 178 Hearing dates: 12 February 2016 Decision date: 04 March 2016 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Hammerschlag J Decision: Plaintiff entitled to default judgment for USD $254,718.52. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – DEFAULT JUDGMENT – Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters Arts 3–6 – Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) s 80 – Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 17 – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) (UCPR) Pt 6 r 6.9(1), Pt 11 rr 11A.1, 11A.3(1), 11A.4(1), (2), 11A.5(1), 11A.6(1), (2), (3), 11A.8, 11A.10 – service of judicial process on defendant in Italy effected by registered post by Italian Authority – certificate of service provided by Italian Authority not in the approved form under UCPR – whether substantial compliance with the approved form – whether requirements for default judgment satisfied HELD: certificate of service in substantial compliance with approved form – requirements for default judgment satisfied. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, done at the Hague on 15 November 1965 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (Cth) v Comcorp Australia Ltd (1996) 21 ACSR 590 Re Asset Risk Management Ltd (1995) 59 FCR 254 Tillmanns Butcheries Pty Ltd v Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union (1979) 42 FLR 331 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Nitro Circus Touring Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 138 969 776) - Plaintiff Ilaria Lenzoni - Defendant Representation: Counsel: J Dooley - Plaintiff