Servcorp Limited & Anor v Vinesh Pillay [2019] NSWSC 339

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Servcorp Limited & Anor v Vinesh Pillay [2019] NSWSC 339 Hearing dates: 28 March 2019 Date of orders: 28 March 2019 Decision date: 28 March 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Henry J Decision: (1) Summary judgment for the plaintiffs against the defendant in the amount of NZD $808,454.17 pursuant to r 13.1 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW). (2) Interest pursuant to s 100 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW). (3) The defendant to pay costs of the first and second plaintiff of the motion and of the proceeding. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – summary disposal – judgment for plaintiff – where defendant misappropriated funds belonging to the plaintiffs – where defendant undertook suspicious Google searches including "what to do if you think you will be caught for imbezlement [sic] in Australia" – where no appearance by defendant and no defence Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 100 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 13.1 Cases Cited: General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125; [1964] HCA 69 Sakellis v Vourlos [2018] NSWSC 1928 Shaw v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWCA 102 Singh v Varinder Kaur (1985) 61 ALR 720 Spencer v Commonwealth [2010] HCA 28 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Servcorp Limited (First Plaintiff) Servcorp NZ Limited (Second Plaintiff) Vinesh Pillay (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Vincent (First and Second Plaintiff)