Colquhoun v SAS Trustee Corporation [2018] NSWSC 529

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Colquhoun v SAS Trustee Corporation [2018] NSWSC 529 Hearing dates: 16 April 2018 Decision date: 30 April 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: N Adams J Decision: (1) The proceedings are transferred to the District Court of New South Wales pursuant to s 146(1) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW).

(2) The defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs of these proceedings thrown away, on the ordinary basis, resulting from these proceedings being incorrectly commenced in the Supreme Court. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Jurisdiction – Transfers to and from other courts – District Court - Proceedings erroneously commenced in Court without jurisdiction – Whether power to transfer proceedings to District Court under s 146 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005

COSTS – Party/Party – Cost orders in interlocutory proceedings – Costs in the cause – Court's discretion Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 98, 146, 147, 148 District Court Act 1973 (NSW), s 44 Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW), s 181 and Sch 4, Pt 18, cll 65(1), 66(1) Industrial Relations Amendment (Industrial Court) Act 2016, Sch 2, cl 2.33 Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906 (NSW), ss 10, 10B, 21 Superannuation Administration Act 1996 (NSW), ss 67, 88 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 42.1 Cases Cited: Alcan (NT) Alumina Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Territory Revenue (Northern Territory) (2009) 239 CLR 27; [2009] HCA 41 Barr (a pseudonym) v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2018] NSWCA 47 Bigg v SAS Trustee Corporation [2016] NSWCA 236 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72; [1998] HCA 11 Philip Evans v SAS Trustee Corporation (District Court (NSW), 10 December 2008, unrep) Re Macks; Ex parte Saint (2000) 204 CLR 158; [2000] HCA 62 SAS Trustee Corporation v Rossetti [2018] NSWCA 68 SAS Trustee Corporation v Woollard [2014] NSWCA 75 Victorian Stevedoring and General Contracting Co Pty Ltd v Dignan (1931) 46 CLR 73; [1931] HCA 34 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Thomas Colquhoun (Plaintiff) SAS Trustee Corporation (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Morris SC (Plaintiff) T Ower (Defendant)