Khanna v Sabi Foods International (Aust) Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 1009

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Khanna v Sabi Foods International (Aust) Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 1009 Hearing dates: 24 and 25 November 2015 Date of orders: 22 July 2016 Decision date: 22 July 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hall J Decision: (1) On the defendants' Amended Notice of Motion filed 3 September 2015 order that, pursuant to UCPR 13.4(1), the plaintiff's Summons commencing an appeal, filed 15 April 2015, be dismissed. (2) Unless written application is made to my Associate within 7 days for a different order, I order the plaintiff to pay the defendants' costs of the proceedings. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – Application by defendants for dismissal of appeal proceedings pursuant to rule 13.4 of the UCPR in respect of Local Court decision –negligence proceedings in Local Court in favour of defendants – alleged mislabelling of products distributed by defendants – incompetency of appeal – appeal out of time – no question of law – no error of law or fact identified by plaintiff to appeal Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney-General for the State of New South Wales v X [2000] 49 NSWLR 653 Bryan v Maloney [1995] HCA 17; 182 CLR 609 Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd v The Dredge 'Willemstad' [1976] HCA 65; 136 CLR 529 Kalokerinos v HIA Insurance Services Pty Ltd [2004] NSWCA 312 Keith v Gal [2013] NSWCA 339 Mitchell v Cullingral Pty Ltd [2012] NSWCA 389 Perre v Apand Pty Ltd [1999] HCA 63; 198 CLR 180 RL & D Investments Pty Ltd v Bisby [2002] NSWSC 1082 Smith v Leurs [1945] HCA 27; 70 CLR 256 at 262 Stoker v Adecco Gemvale Constructions Pty Ltd [2004] NSWCA 449 Woolcock Street Investments Pty Ltd v CDG Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 16; 216 CLR 515 Young v Cooke [2016] NSWSC 408 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Sanjeev Khanna (Plaintiff) Sabi Foods International (Aust) Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Uvaraja Hariramakrishnan (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Plaintiff) J Simpkins (Defendant)