Sapphire Suite Pty Ltd v Bellini Lounge Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 1366

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Sapphire Suite Pty Ltd v Bellini Lounge Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 1366 Hearing dates: 31 August 2018 Date of orders: 05 September 2018 Decision date: 05 September 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison J Decision: (1) Order that District Court proceedings 2016/00089056 be transferred to this Court. (2) Order that the costs of this application should be the costs in the proceedings. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – jurisdiction – transfers to and from other courts – whether a suit against the guarantor of liabilities of a commercial lease is a "commercial transaction" – whether District Court has jurisdiction – where application for proceedings to be transferred to the Supreme Court – where District Court lacks jurisdiction – where finding a surprising and unwelcome result Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 140 District Court Act 1973 (NSW), s 44(1)(a) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 53 Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW), pt 14 r 2 Cases Cited: Forsyth v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (2007) 231 CLR 531; [2007] HCA 8 Mega-top Cargo Pty Ltd v Moneytech Services Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 402 New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation v Quinn [2016] NSWCA 338 Sapphire Suite Pty Ltd v Bellini Lounge Pty Ltd [2018] NSWDC 160 The NTF Group Pty Ltd v PA Putney Finance Australia Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 1194 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Sapphire Suite Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Bellini Lounge Pty Ltd (First Defendant) James Giuseppe Maruzza (Second Defendant) Michael Scarfone (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M W E Maconachie (Plaintiff)