Hurford Hardwood Kempsey Pty Ltd v Kempsey Timbers (Sawmilling) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 1285

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hurford Hardwood Kempsey Pty Ltd v Kempsey Timbers (Sawmilling) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 1285 Hearing dates: 20 September 2019 Decision date: 26 September 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Plaintiff's application for freezing order dismissed Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – interim preservation – detention, custody or preservation of property – freezing order – whether danger that costs order will be unsatisfied by reason of assets of debtor being diminished in value Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Finn v Carelli [2007] NSWSC 261 Frigo v Culhaci [1998] NSWCA 88 Hortico (Australia) Pty Ltd v Energy Equipment Co (Australia) Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 545 Hurford Hardwood Kempsey Pty Ltd v Kempsey Timbers (Sawmilling) Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1069 Hurford Hardwood Kempsey Pty Ltd v Kempsey Timbers (Sawmilling) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 1248 Ninemia Maritime Corporation v Trave Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co K G (The Niedersachsen) [1984] 1 All ER 398 Patterson v BTR Engineering (Aust) Ltd (1989) 18 NSWLR 319 Samimi v Seyedabadi; Seyedabadi v Samimi [2013] NSWCA 279 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Hurford Hardwood Kempsey Pty Ltd (Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant/Applicant) Kempsey Timbers (Sawmilling) Pty Ltd (First Defendant/Cross-Claimant/Respondent) Kempsey Timbers Pty Ltd (Second Defendant/Cross-Claimant/Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M McCall (Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant/Applicant) R Glasson (Defendants/Cross-Claimants/Respondents)