Jingalong Pty Limited v Todd

Case [2016] NSWCA 131


Court of Appeal


Supreme Court


New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Jingalong Pty Limited v Todd [2016] NSWCA 131
Hearing dates:On the papers
Decision date: 31 May 2016
Before: MEAGHER JA, LEEMING JA, SACKVILLE AJA
Decision:

1. Amend Order 2 made on 12 February 2015 to include order 6 made by Kunc J on 10 April 2014.
2. Remit to the Equity Division the determination of the costs of the proceedings in the Equity Division.

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – judgment – orders – error – correction – slip rule
Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 36.17
Cases Cited: Jingalong Pty Ltd v Todd [2015] NSWCA 7
Category:Consequential orders (other than Costs)
Parties: Jingalong Pty Limited (Appellant)
Gregory George Todd (First Respondent)
Brett Pernice (Second Respondent)
Representation:

Counsel:
RE Dubler SC / S Kanagaratnam (Appellant)
D Brezniak (First Respondent)
D Nagle (Second Respondent)

  Solicitors:
AL Wunderlich & Co (Appellant)
Johnston Tobin Solicitors (First Respondent)
Hancock, Alldis & Roskov (Second Respondent)
File Number(s):2014/137752
 Decision under appeal 
Court or tribunal:
Supreme Court
Jurisdiction:
Equity Division
Citation:
Todd v Jingalong Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 362
Todd v Jingalong (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 440
Date of Decision:
10 April 2014
Before:
Kunc J
File Number(s):
2012/344643

Judgment

  1. THE COURT: The Court delivered judgment in this appeal on 12 February 2015. [1] Orders 1-4 made by the Court were as follows:

1.   Appeal allowed.

2.   Set aside orders 1-5 and 7-9 made by Kunc J on 10 April 2014.

3.   In lieu of the orders identified in Order 2, make the following order:

Dismiss the Amended Statement of Claim filed on 18 February 2013.

4.   Remit the Second Cross-Claim filed on 20 September 2013 to the Equity Division for further hearing in the light of these reasons for judgment.

  1. The appellant filed a notice of motion on 30 March 2016 pursuant to the “slip rule”[2] seeking the following orders:

“1. An Order that, in accordance with the intention of the Court of Appeal expressed at paragraph [109] of the Judgment of the Court of Appeal found at [2015] NSWCA 7, the question of the determination of costs of the Hearing at first instance before Kunc J be remitted to the Equity Division of the Supreme Court to be determined by White J.

2.   An Order that, in accordance with the intention of the Court of Appeal expressed in Order 4, Order 2 made by the Court of Appeal be amended to refer also to Order 6 of the Judgment of Kunc J.

3.   Such further or other order as the Court sees fit.”

2. Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 36.17.

  1. The respondents have not filed any submissions in opposition to the motion.

  2. The orders made by the Court did contain the errors identified by the appellant. The errors should be corrected. The following orders should be made:

1.   Amend Order 2 made on 12 February 2015 to include order 6 made by Kunc J on 10 April 2014.

2.   Remit to the Equity Division the determination of the costs of the proceedings in the Equity Division.

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CaseChat Overview and Summary

Jingalong Pty Limited sought to amend a judgment order made on 12 February 2015, following an earlier order made by Kunc J on 10 April 2014. The dispute concerned the correction of an alleged error in the final orders of the court. The matter came before the Court of Appeal of New South Wales, constituted by Meagher and Leeming JJA and Sackville AJA.

The primary legal issue before the Court of Appeal was whether it had the power to amend the judgment order of 12 February 2015 to incorporate an order previously made by Kunc J on 10 April 2014. This involved considering the application of the slip rule, which allows courts to correct errors in judgments or orders arising from accidental slips or omissions.

The Court of Appeal reasoned that the slip rule was applicable in this instance to rectify an oversight that had resulted in the omission of a relevant order from the final judgment. The court found that the intention of the original orders was clear, and the omission of order 6 from the 12 February 2015 order constituted an accidental slip. The court applied the principles governing the correction of judgments to ensure that the orders accurately reflected the court's true intention.

The Court of Appeal ordered that Order 2 made on 12 February 2015 be amended to include order 6 made by Kunc J on 10 April 2014. Furthermore, the court remitted the determination of the costs of the proceedings in the Equity Division to that division.

Orders

Orders of the court

1. Amend Order 2 made on 12 February 2015 to include order 6 made by Kunc J on 10 April 2014.

2. Remit to the Equity Division the determination of the costs of the proceedings in the Equity Division.

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