Care A2 Plus Pty Ltd v Pichardo (No 2)

Court of Appeal

Supreme Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:

Care A2 Plus Pty Ltd v Pichardo (No 2) [2024] NSWCA 92

Hearing dates:

22 April 2024

Date of orders:

26 April 2024

Decision date:

26 April 2024

Before:

Mitchelmore JA

Decision:

The notice of motion dated 2 April 2024 is dismissed with costs.

Catchwords:

CIVIL PROCEDURE — Court of Appeal — stay of orders — stay pending application for special leave to appeal to High Court — no exceptional circumstances — stay not granted

Legislation Cited:

Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), ss 30, 41

Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 35A

Cases Cited:

123 259 932 Pty Ltd v Cessnock City Council (No 2) [2023] NSWCA 89

Anchorage Capital Master Offshore Ltd v Sparkes (2023) 111 NSWLR 304; [2023] NSWCA 88

Bingham v Bevan [2023] NSWCA 186

Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 218; [2003] HCA 22

Jennings Construction Limited v Burgundy Royale Investments ProprietaryLimited (1986) 161 CLR 681; [1986] HCA 84

Rinehart v Welker (2012) 83 NSWLR 347; [2012] NSWCA 1

Robinson Helicopter Company Inc v McDermott [2016] HCA 22; (2016) 331 ALR 550

Zhu v Wang [2021] NSWCA 265

Category:

Procedural rulings

Parties:

Care A2 Plus Pty Ltd (First Appellant/Respondent on motion)
Care A2 Australia Pty Ltd (Second Appellant/Respondent on motion)
Karla Patricia Pichardo (First Respondent/Applicant on motion)
Dylan Charles Azzopardi (Second Respondent)

Representation:

Counsel:
A Butt (Appellants)
A J McQuillen (First Respondent)

Solicitors:
Nelson McKinnon Lawyers (Appellants)
G.H. Healey & Co (First Respondent)

File Number(s):

2023/57428

Publication restriction:

N/A

 Decision under appeal 

Court or tribunal:

Supreme Court of New South Wales

Jurisdiction:

Equity – Corporations List

Citation:

[2023] NSWSC 11

Date of Decision:

23 January 2023

Before:

Black J

File Number(s):

2021/278723

JUDGMENT

1. By notice of motion filed on 2 April 2024, the first respondent on the appeal, Karla Pichardo, applied to stay the orders that the Court of Appeal made on 22 February 2024, pending the outcome of an application for special leave to the High Court of Australia. The orders of the Court of Appeal were as follows:

“1. Appeal allowed in part with respect to the First Respondent, Karla Patricia Pichardo.

2. Set aside orders 9 and 10 entered 14 February 2023 so far as they refer to the First Respondent.

3. In lieu thereof, order that the First Respondent pay the Appellants amounts totalling $1,090,000 together with interest from the date of payments by the Appellants to DCA Sydney Enterprises Pty Ltd calculated in accordance with the rates provided under s 100 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW).

4. Order that the First Respondent pay the Appellants an amount of $30,000 by way of exemplary damages.

5. Order that the First Respondent be jointly liable with the Second Respondent in respect of the Appellants’ costs of the cross claim before the primary judge.

6. Order that the First Respondent pay the Appellants’ costs of the appeal.”

2. Ms Pichardo made the application to this court in accordance…