Armidale Regional Council v Vorhauer [2019] NSWSC 1153

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Armidale Regional Council v Vorhauer [2019] NSWSC 1153 Hearing dates: 29 April 2019 Decision date: 06 September 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Ierace J Decision: (1) Pursuant to r 14.28 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), the defence filed on 23 January 2019 and the amended defence filed on 16 April 2019 are struck out.

(2) The first and third defendants are to pay the plaintiff's costs of the motion. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Pleadings – Striking out – No reasonable cause of action or defence – Tendency to cause prejudice, embarrassment or delay – Abuse of process Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 14.28 Cases Cited: Harden Shire Council v Richardson [2012] NSWSC 622 Kirby v Sanderson Motors Pty Ltd (2001) 54 NSWLR 135; [2002] NSWCA 44 McGuirk v University of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 1424 Meckiff v Simpson [1968] VR 62 Renshaw v New South Wales Lotteries Corp Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 1954 Shelton v National Roads & Motorists Assn Ltd [2004] FCA 1393 State of New South Wales v Williams [2014] NSWCA 177 Szanto v Bainton [2011] NSWSC 985 University of Wollongong v Mohamed Naguib Fawzi Ahmed Metwally & Others (1984) 158 CLR 447; [1984] HCA 74 Texts Cited: New South Wales Government Gazette, No 73, 1 July 1993, at 3341 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Armidale Regional Council (Plaintiff) Florence Amelia Vorhauer (First Defendant) Racheal Sophia Vorhauer (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: C Ireland; J Wyner (Plaintiff) No appearance (Defendants)