Cashflow Advantage Australasia Pty Ltd v Bannister [2018] NSWSC 1610

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Cashflow Advantage Australasia Pty Ltd v Bannister [2018] NSWSC 1610 Hearing dates: 23 October 2018 Decision date: 24 October 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Adamson J Decision: See paragraph [29] Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – pleading – claim by assignee under a guarantee – whether necessary to plead all advances made to debtors – application to strike out or dismiss proceedings refused

LIMITATION OF ACTIONS – question of date from which amendment to take effect reserved – inappropriate that it be determined in the course of an interlocutory hearing Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 64, 65 Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), ss 14, 16 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) (UCPR), rr 12.7, 13.4, 14.7, 14.8, 14.9, 14.14, 14.28, 19.1, 19.2 Cases Cited: Steiner v Strang [2016] NSWSC 9 Sunbird Plaza Pty Ltd v Maloney (1988) 166 CLR 245; [1988] HCA 11 Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514; [1992] HCA 55 Texts Cited: Blair et al (eds), Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Precedents of Pleadings (18th ed, 2016, Sweet & Maxwell) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Cashflow Advantage Australasia Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Brent Maxwell Bannister (First Defendant) Barbara Louise Bannister (Second Defendant) Wellington Valley Holdings Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) Andrew Borrodell Gartrell (Fourth Defendant) Homeward Bound Holdings Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: T Cleary (Plaintiff) JA Hillier (First Defendant) D Smallbone (Second & Third Defendants)