Di Palma v Chimmalee (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 1138

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Di Palma v Chimmalee (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 1138 Hearing dates: 19 August 2019 Decision date: 03 September 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Ward CJ in Eq Decision: 1. Grant the plaintiffs leave to file the amended statement of claim in the form served on 12 August 2019, noting the further particulars that have been provided by the plaintiffs in their submissions as to the allegations made at [19]-[20] of the said amended statement of claim. 2. Order the plaintiffs to pay the defendants' costs thrown away by the amendment of the statement of claim. 3. Otherwise order that the costs of the pleadings argument here determined be costs in the cause. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Originating Process - Amendment Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 57, 58 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 14.28 Cases Cited: ABB Power Generation Ltd v Chapple [2001] WASCA 412 ACN 074 971 109 v The National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd [2010] VSC 186 Agip (Africa) Ltd v Jackson [1990] Ch 265 Allstate Life Insurance Co v Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (1995) 58 FCR 26 Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175; [2009] HCA 27; (2009) 258 ALR 14 Brenner v First Artists' Management Pty Ltd [1993] 2 VR 221 CA & CA Ballan Pty Ltd v Oliver Hume (Australia) Pty Ltd (2017) 5 VR 62; [2017] VSCA 11 Caason Investments Pty Ltd v Cao (2015) 236 FCR 322; [2015] FCAFC 94 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v ZYX Learning Centres Limited [2014] NSWSC 1676 Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 at 91; [1949] HCA 1 Di Palma v Chimmalee [2019] NSWSC 864 Equuscorp v Haxton (2012) 246 CLR 498 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 HFPS Pty Limited (Trustee) v Tamaya Resources Limited (in Liq) (No 2) [2016] FCA 446 Horton v Jones (No 2) (1939) 39 SR (NSW) 305 Itex Graphix Pty Ltd v Elliott (2002) 54 NSWLR 207; [2002] NSWCA 104 Juul v Northey [2010] NSWCA 211 Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale Ltd [1991] 2 AC 548 McGuirk v University of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 1424 Research in Motion Ltd v Samsung Electronics Australia Pty Ltd (2009) 176 FCR 66; [2009] FCA 320 Russell Gould Pty Ltd v Ramangkura (2014) 87 NSWLR 552; [2014] NSWCA 310 S1 v The Trustees of Marist Brothers [2016] NSWSC 970 Steiner v Strang [2016] NSWSC 9 Tamaya Resources Limited (in Liq) v Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (A Firm) [2015] FCA 1098 Wentworth v Rogers (No. 5) (1986) 6 NSWLR 534 Texts Cited: Mason & Carter's Restitution Law in Australia, (LexisNexis Butterworths, 3rd edn, 2016) Peter Birks, Unjust Enrichment (Clarendon Law Series, 2nd edn, 2005) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Lamai Di Palma (First Plaintiff) Antonio Di Palma (Second Plaintiff) Siriluck Fatima Chimmalee (First Defendant) Michael Roger Evans (Second Defendant) Sydney Organic Supplier Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) Real Money Transfer Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant) International Pacific Group 1992 Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Afshar (Plaintiffs) J Lee (First to Fourth Defendants)