O’Dea & Anor v Westpac Banking Corporation [2019] NSWSC 1078

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: O'Dea & Anor v Westpac Banking Corporation [2019] NSWSC 1078 Hearing dates: 24 July 2019 Date of orders: 24 July 2019 Decision date: 24 July 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Sackar J Decision: Settlement Orders Made Catchwords: Representative Proceedings - Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 173 - Settlement - Court Approval Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Cases Cited: ASIC v Activesuper Pty Ltd (in liq) & ORs [2015] FCA; 235 FCR 181; 105 ASCR 116 Barnes v Addy (1874) 9 Ch App 244 Botsman v Bolitho [2018] VSCA 278 Camilleri v The Trust Company (Nominees) Limited [2015] FCA 1468 Clarke v Sandhurst Trustees Limited (No 2) [2018] FCA 511 El Ajou v Dollar Land Holdings pic [1994] 2 All ER 685 Harstedt Pty Ltd v Tomanek [2018] VSCA 84 Johnston v Endeavour Energy [2016] NSWSC 1132 Lifeplan Australia Friendly Society Limited v S & P Global Inc Formerly McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc) (A Company Incorporated in New York) [2018] FCA 379 Oasis Fund Management Limited and Royal Bank of Scotland NV & Ors [2012] NSWSC 532 Petersen Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd v Bank of Queensland Limited (No 3) [2018] FCA 1842 Peterson v Merck Sharp & Dohme (Aust) Pty Ltd (No 6) [2013] FCA 447 Smith v Australian Executor Trustees Limited [2018] NSWSC 1584 Wotton v State of Queensland (No 10) [2018] FCA 915 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Diana Leonie O'Dea (First Plaintiff) Thomas Vaarzon-Morel (Second Plaintiff) Westpac Banking Corporation ABN 33 007 457 141 (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: N Kidd SC, D Meyerowitz-Katz (Plaintiffs) S Lawrance (Defendant)