Ruma Mundi & Anor v John Peter August Hesse & Ors [2018] NSWSC 1548

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Ruma Mundi & Anor v John Peter August Hesse & Ors [2018] NSWSC 1548 Hearing dates: 26 September 2018 Decision date: 15 October 2018 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Rees J Decision: Motion to appoint provisional liquidator dismissed Catchwords: CORPORATIONS — Motion for appointment of provisional liquidator brought on the basis of Termination Letter issued by third party – Termination Letter later withdrawn – Sole basis for Motion no longer exists – Motion dismissed.

COSTS —Costs orders in interlocutory proceedings —Whether departure from starting point in r 42.7 UCPR warranted — Costs forthwith — indemnity costs. Legislation Cited: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 High Court Rules 1952 (Cth) Cases Cited: Nichols v NSW Agribusiness Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 84 Australiawide Airlines Ltd v Aspirion Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 365 Metlife Insurance Ltd v Visy Board Pty Ltd (Costs) [2008] NSWSC 111 ACN 116 149 092 Pty Ltd v Coopers Brewery Limited [2006] FCA 1119 Re Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; Ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622 Fordyce v Fordham (2006) 67 NSWLR 497 Nichols v NFS Agribusiness Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 84 Shellharbour City Council v Minister for Local Government [2017] NSWCA 256 One.Tel Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (2000) 101 FCR 548 Welzel & Anor v Francis (2010) NSWLR 92 Fiduciary Ltd V Morningstar Research Pty Ltd (2002) 55 NSWLR 1 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Ruma Mundi - First Plaintiff NRM Premier Holdings Pty Ltd as trustee for the Mundi Family Trust - Second Plaintiff John Peter August Hesse - First Defendant Michelle Alice Hesse - Second Defendant Quakers First National Pty Ltd - Fifth Defendant Representation: Counsel: C N Bova - Plaintiffs D Pritchard SC with L Beange - First, Second and Fifth Defendants