Hillsea Pty Ltd v Joseph; McIvor v Joseph [2020] NSWCA 55

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hillsea Pty Ltd v Joseph; McIvor v Joseph [2020] NSWCA 55 Hearing dates: 17 March 2020 Date of orders: 17 March 2020 Decision date: 30 March 2020 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Bell P at [2]; Gleeson JA at [60] Decision: 1. Dismiss the applications for leave to appeal with costs.

2. Dismiss the Company's Amended Notice of Appeal as incompetent.

3. Dismiss the Notice of Motion filed on behalf of Peter Joseph. Catchwords: APPEAL – Leave to appeal – winding up order – no substantial injustice.

CORPORATIONS – Winding up on just and equitable ground – where directors planned to place company into liquidation in any event. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 60 Companies Act 1936 (NSW) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 461(1), 471B, 1322(4) Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) s 15 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) ss 101(2)(n), 101(2)(r) Cases Cited: Be Financial Pty Ltd as Trustee for Be Financial Operations Trust v Das [2012] NSWCA 164 Berry v Nicholls [2016] NSWCA 272 Carolan v AMF Bowling Pty Ltd t/as Bennetts Green Bowl [1995] NSWCA 69 Daulizio v Trust Company of Australia [2005] VSCA 215 DSG Holdings Australia Pty Ltd v Helenic Pty Ltd (2014) 86 NSWLR 293; [2014] NSWCA 96 Fexuto Pty Limited v Bosnjak Holdings Pty Limited [2001] NSWCA 97; (2001) 37 ACSR 672 Gaynor v Attorney General of New South Wales [2020] NSWCA 48 Gerace v Auzhair Supplies Pty Ltd (2014) 87 NSWLR 435; [2014] NSWCA 181 House v R (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Joo v Yoo [2016] NSWCA 172 Nassar v Innovative Precasters Group Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 342; (2009) 71 ACSR 343 PPK Willoughby Pty Ltd v Baird [2019] NSWCA 48 RinRim Pty Ltd v Deutsche Bank AG [2017] NSWCA 169 Short v Crawley (No 30) [2007] NSWSC 1322 Sze Tu v Lowe (2014) 89 NSWLR 317; [2014] NSWCA 462 TAL Life Ltd v Shuetrim; MetLife Insurance Ltd v Shuetrim [2016] NSWCA 68 Transport Accident Commission v O'Reilly [1999] 2 VR 436; [1998] VSCA 106 Texts Cited: L Ho, "The Importance of Being Earnest: the Doctrines of Laches and Acquiescence" in Defences in Equity (Hart Publishing, 2018) M Leeming, "'Not Slavishly Nor Always' – Equity and Limitation Statutes" in P S Davies, S Douglas and J Goudkamp, Defences in Equity (Hart Publishing, 2018) Category: Principal judgment Parties: In 2019/325075: Hillsea Pty Ltd ACN 000316058 (Applicant/Appellant) Peter Anthony Joseph (First Respondent) Elizabeth Mary McIvor and Maureen Ann Joseph (Second Respondents)