B & B Enterprise (Aust) Pty Ltd v Sur Holdings Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 490

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: B & B Enterprise (Aust) Pty Ltd v Sur Holdings Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 490 Hearing dates: 17 March 2016 Decision date: 22 April 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Button J Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) Appeal upheld. (3) The order of 26 August 2015 dismissing the notice of motion of 31 July 2015 is quashed. (4) In substitution, the default judgment in favour of Sur Holdings Pty Ltd of 16 July 2015 is set aside. (5) The gross sum costs order of 26 August 2015 of $2,730 in favour of Sur Holdings Pty Ltd is quashed. (6) In substitution, each party must pay its own costs of the proceedings before Stafford LCM. (7) The respondent to the appeal, Sur Holdings Pty Ltd, must pay the costs of the proceedings before me. Catchwords: CIVIL – appeal from Local Court – refusal of Magistrate to set aside default judgment – adequate explanation for delay and bona fide defence - overarching interests of justice Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Local Court Act 2007 (NSW), ss 39, 40 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Adams v Kennick Trading (Int) Ltd (1986) 4 NSWLR 503 Ashi Pty Limited v Karasco Investments Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 780 Be Financial Pty Ltd as Trustee for Be Financial Operations Trust v Das [2012] NSWCA 164 Carolan v AMF Bowling Pty Ltd t/as Bennetts Green Bowl [1995] NSWCA 69 Dai v Zhu [2013] NSWCA 412 Dunwoodie v Teachers Mutual Bank Ltd [2014] NSWCA 24 He v Yeung [2015] NSWCA 392 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; (1936) 55 CLR 499 Reinehr Industrial Lease & Finance Pty Ltd v Jordan (NSW Court of Appeal, 4 June 1974, unrep) The Age Company Ltd v Liu [2013] NSWCA 26 Violi v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2015] NSWCA 152 Category: Principal judgment Parties: B & B Enterprise (Aust) Pty Ltd (ACN 109 699 756) Sur Holdings Pty Ltd (ACN 124 404 548) Representation: Counsel: A J Byrne (Plaintiff) P Reynolds (Defendant)