Marketlend Pty Ltd v Yura Yungi Aboriginal Medical Service [2017] NSWLC 23

Local Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Marketlend Pty Ltd v Yura Yungi Aboriginal Medical Service [2017] NSWLC 23 Hearing dates: 31 August 2017 and 11 September 2017 Decision date: 08 December 2017 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Magistrate J Keogh Decision: See paragraphs 76 - 77 Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEEDINGS – Debt recovery – jurisdiction of Local Court when cause of action or defendant out of state – whether material part of cause of action arose in New South Wales – assignment of debt merely passing interest to assignee – no jurisdiction to determine proceedings Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) s 12 Local Court Act 2007(NSW) s 34 Service and Execution of Process Act 1992 (Cth) s 20 Cases Cited: Chidzey v Breckler [1920] VLR 558; (1920) 27 ALR 14 Distillers Co (Bio-Chemicals) Ltd v Thompson (Thalidomide case) [1971] 1 NSWLR 83 Howard v National Bank of New Zealand Limited [2002] FCA 1257 Jackson v Spittall (1870) LR 5 CP 542 My v Toyota Motor Co Ltd [1977] 2 NZLR 113 Norman v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1963) 109 CLR 9 Rothmans of Pall Mall (Overseas) Ltd v Saudi Arabian Airlines Corp [1981] QB 368 Shire of Carnarvon v Klein Corporation Pty Ltd (No2) [2009] VSC 30 Thomas v Penna (1985) 2 NSWLR 171 Vertzyas v Singapore Airlines Ltd (2000) 50 NSWLR 1 Williams v Milotin (1957) 97 CLR 465 Texts Cited: Lexis Nexis, Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure NSW P Radan and C Stewart, Principles of Australian Equity and Trusts (Lexis Nexis, 1st ed., 2010) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Marketlend Pty Ltd (plaintiff) Yura Yungi Aboriginal Medical Service (defendant) Representation: Counsel: