In the matter of ICMG Commercial Pty Ltd and others [2019] NSWSC 886

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: In the matter of ICMG Commercial Pty Ltd and others [2019] NSWSC 886 Hearing dates: 18 April 2019 Decision date: 18 April 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity - Corporations List Before: Black J Decision: Orders made joining several Plaintiffs and several Defendants in one set of proceedings. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – parties – application for joinder – where common issue of insolvency – where common questions of fact – whether several plaintiffs and defendants should be joined. Legislation Cited: - Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) ss 56-58 - Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 6.19, 6.19(1)(b) Cases Cited: - Dean-Willcocks v Air Transit International Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 525; (2002) 55 NSWLR 64 - Jones (as liquidator of Forge Group Ltd (recs and mgrs apptd) (in liq)) v Sun Engineering (QLD) Pty Ltd [2017] WASC 195 - Re BBY Ltd (recs and mgrs apptd) (in liq) (Unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Black J, 25 June 2018) - Re Bias Boating Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 1524 - Re Port Container Services Pty Ltd (Unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Black J, 17 September 2018) - Re Townsend Group Pty Ltd (in liq) (Unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Black J, 5 November 2018) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Paul Gerard Weston (First Plaintiff) Integrated Construction Management Group (Australia) Pty Ltd (Second Plaintiff) and others Prestige Tiling Australia Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A M Mathas (Solicitor) (Plaintiff) J Doyle (Solicitor) (Fifth Defendant)