Canterbury-Bankstown Council v Payce Communities Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1419

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Canterbury-Bankstown Council v Payce Communities Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1419 Hearing dates: 15 October 2019 Date of orders: 18 October 2019 Decision date: 18 October 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity - Technology and Construction List Before: Henry J Decision: (1) Dismiss the plaintiff's summons filed on 8 October 2019. (2) The plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs of the summons. Catchwords: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION – whether pursuit of statutory adjudication process under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) and concurrent Supreme Court proceedings constitutes an abuse of process – whether conduct of concurrent processes caused insurmountable prejudice to plaintiff – whether prejudice caused unintentionally or by design – held no abuse of process

CIVIL PROCEDURE – implied undertakings – whether implied undertaking applies to list response and particulars – release nunc pro tunc Legislation Cited: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW), ss 14, 17, 20, 21, 25, 32 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 86 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 140 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 23 Practice Note SC Gen 2 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 36, 42 Cases Cited: Ashby v Commonwealth (No 4) [2012] FCA 1411 Barnes v Fortytwo International Pty Ltd [2010] FCAFC 87 Batistatos v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales (2006) 226 CLR 256; [2006] HCA 27 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 British and American Tobacco Services Ltd v Cowell (No 2) (2003) 8 VR 571 Chase Oyster Bar Pty Ltd V Hamo Industries Pty Ltd (2010) 78 NSWLR 393; [2010] NSWCA 190 Civil Mining & Construction Pty Ltd v Issac Regional Council [2015] 2 Qd R 374; [2014] QSC 231 Corbiere v QPCU Limited [2018] QSC 32 Eckert v National Australia Bank Ltd (unreported, Supreme Court of South Australia, Doyle CJ, 17 April 1997) eisa Limited v Damien Brady and 2 Ors [2000] NSWSC 929 Falgat Constructions Pty Ltd v Equity Australia Corp Pty Ltd (2005) 62 NSWLR 385; [2005] NSWCA 49 Forty Two International Pty Ltd v Barnes [2010] FCA 397 Gavan v FSS Trustee Corporation [2019] NSWSC 667 Hearne v Street (2008) 235 CLR 125; [2008] HCA 36 Helicopter Aerial Surveys Pty Ltd v Garry Robertson [2015] NSWSC 2104 Ku-Ring-Gai Council v Ichor Constructions Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1534 Liberty Funding Pty Ltd v Phoenix Capital Ltd (2005) 218 ALR 283 McLachlan v Brown & Australian Broadcasting Corporation (No 5) [2018] NSCSC 1976 Miller v Scorey [1996] 1 WLR 1122 Perazzoli v BankSA, a division of Westpac Banking Corporation Limited [2017] FCAFC 204 Polyaire Pty Ltd v K-Aire Pty Ltd and Ors [2011] SASC 176 Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Shade Systems Pty Ltd (2018) 351 ALR 225; [2018] HCA 4 Ridgeway v the Queen (1995) 184 CLR 19 Rubana Holdings v 3D Commercial Interiors [2008] NSWSC 1405 Tuquiri v Australian Rugby Union Ltd [2009] NSWSC 781 UBS AG v Scott Francis Tyne as trustee of the Argot Trust (2018) 92 ALJR 968; [2018] HCA 45 Williams & Ors v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509 Texts Cited: JD Heydon, Cross on Evidence (11th ed, 2017, LexisNexis Australia) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Canterbury-Bankstown Council (Plaintiff) Payce Communities Pty Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D Pritchard SC & P Folino-Gallo (Plaintiff) M Sheldon (Defendant)