Fin One Pty Ltd v Kucharski

MAGISTRATES COURT OF QUEENSLAND

CITATION:

Fin One Pty Ltd v Kucharski [2017] QMC 17

PARTIES:

FIN ONE PTY LTD ACN 139 719 903
(Applicant)

v

ADAM MICAEL KUCHARSKI
(Respondent)

FILE NO/S:

M3826/17

DIVISION:

Magistrates Court

PROCEEDING:

Originating Application

ORIGINATING COURT:

Brisbane

DELIVERED ON:

21 September 2017

DELIVERED AT:

Brisbane

HEARING DATE:

4 August 2017

ACTING MAGISTRATE:

R Carmody

ORDER:

The application is dismissed.

CATCHWORDS:

INFERIOR COURTS – MAGISTRATES COURT – JURISDICTION – POWER TO ORDER SEIZURE OF DETAINED GOODS AND  GIVE DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF – Where the respondent defaults on loan contract for a car – Whether a Magistrates Court has power by virtue of its civil jurisdiction under s4 Magistrates Court Act 1921 to order seizure, make declarations and  mandatory injunctions to others including police – The limits of Magistrates Court general jurisdiction – Scope of “personal action” - Subject matter and monetary limits - Relief where goods are wrongfully detained – Form of judgment in detinue claims in Magistrates Court

INVESTED JURISDICTION OF MAGISTRAES COURT – Whether Commonwealth legislation confers broader jurisdiction – Whether the relief claimed is within that jurisdiction

LEGISLATION:

Acts Interpretation Act 1903 (CTH), s 15C

Acts Interpretation Act 1954 (QLD), s 49A

Civil Proceedings Act 2011, ss 5(c), 80

Criminal Code, s 267

Magistrates Court Act 1921, s 4

Personal Property  Securities Act 2009 (Cth), ss 5, 10, 110, 115, 123, 128, 142, 207

Supreme Court Act 1991

Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999

Magistrates Courts Rules 1922 and 1960

CASES:

Binskin v Kangaroo Transport Pty Ltd (1990) 12 MVR 499

Cavanagh v Sach (1877) 3 VLR (L) 259

Frigger v Nigram [2005] WADC 127

GoGetta Equipment Funding Pty Ltd v Mansour  MCQ 14 June 2017

Johns v Johns [1988] 1 QLR 138

Kanbur Pty Ltd v Adams (1984) 3 FCR 192

Kirwin v Mason [1968] Q.W.N. 10

Olver v Commissioner of Police; Manz v Commissioner of Police [2013] QDC 9

R v A Stipendiary Magistrate at Brisbane; ex parte Kornhauser  [1992] 2 QdR 150

Silver Chef Rentals Pty Ltd v The Alliance of Congalees in the Northern Territory (& Ors) and GoGetta Equipment Funding Pty Ltd v Valamiou  2017 QMC 8

Startune v Ultra Tune Systems [1991] 1 QLR 192

State of Western Australia v Crimmins & Anor [2004] WADC 162

Townpub Pty Ltd v PJ Ryan’s Hotels Pty Ltd [2005] CCT G529-03

Toyota Finance v Dennis (2002) 58 NSWLR 101

Valentine v Eid (1992) 27 NSWLR 615

Walsh v Creative Finance Australia Limited [2016] QDC 92

Whittaker v Delmina Pty ltd [1998] VSC 175

COUNSEL:

Mr Pitman for the applicant

SOLICITORS:

Morgan Conley for the applicant

No appearance by or for the respondent

The originating application and relieve sought

1. The applicant applies by originating application:

(a) for a declaration pursuant to s 123 Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) that it be entitled to lawfully repossess a Mitsubishi Triton Utility, the subject of a loan agreement between the parties;

(b)        for orders allowing it to lawfully enter upon the respondent’s land;