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Pentridge Village Pty Ltd (in liq) v Capital Finance Australia Ltd (No 2)

Pentridge Village Pty Ltd (in liq) v Capital Finance Australia Ltd (No 2)

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AGLC: Pentridge Village Pty Ltd (in liq) v Capital Finance Australia Ltd (No 2) [2020] VSC 284
Case: [2020] VSC 284
Decision Date: 20 May 2020

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Pentridge Village Pty Ltd (in liq) v Capital Finance Australia Ltd (No 2) [2020] VSC 284

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Victorian Legal Services Commissioner v Beling (No 3) [2021] VCC 764

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Citation 1

…g and Cladding Pty Ltd [1997] NTCA 119; Pentridge Village Pty Ltd (in liq) v Capital Finance Australia Ltd (No 2) [2020] VSC 284; South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service v Gadiry (2002) 54 NSWLR 495; Weldon v Neal (1887) 19 QBD 394; Williams v Milotin (1957) 97 CLR 465, discussed. REPRESENTATION: Counsel: Plaint…
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Citation 2 (Para 1)

…cations to amend pleadings in Pentridge Village Pty Ltd (in liq) v Capital Finance Australia Ltd (No 2) .[8] To summarise his Honour’s comments: [8][2020] VSC 284 at [13]–[19].…
Hepi v Toyota Finance Australia Ltd [2025] VSC 121
Citation 3 (Para 1)

…lmott ’) and Pentridge Village Pty Ltd (in liq) v Capital Finance Australia Ltd (No 2) [35] (‘Pentridge Village ’). [34] Willmott (n 19). [35][2020] VSC 284 (‘ Pentridge Village ’).…
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Citation 4

…stralia Ltd (No 2) ( Pentridge Village ),[15] which is convenient to extract in almost identical terms, which I do in the paragraphs that follow. [15][2020] VSC 284.…
Williams v Nugara [2021] VSC 331
Citation 5 (Para 1)

…of Claim filed 28 February 2020 in respect of Mr Nugara and Skynet. [28] Pentridge Village Pty Ltd (In Liq) v Capital Finance Australia Ltd (No 2) [2020] VSC 284, [21].…
Re Allmine Group Ltd (in liq) [2021] VSC 125
Citation 6 (Para 1)

…] I referred to some general principles and observations relevant to amendment applications which are convenient to set out again, as I do below. [18][2020] VSC 284.…
Sanc (Australia) Pty Ltd v Dixon [2020] VSC 872
Citation 7 (Para 1)

…the amended statement of claim. [46]See, for example, the discussion in Pentridge Village Pty Ltd (in liq) v Capital Finance Australia Ltd (No 2) [2020] VSC 284 [13]-[19] (Connock J).…
Victorian Legal Services Commissioner v Beling (No 3) [2021] VCC 764
Citation 8

…Cases Cited: Victorian Legal Services Commissioner v Beling [2020] VCC 1010; Pentridge Village Pty Ltd (in liq) v Capital Finance Australia (No 2) [2020] VSC 284; Knorr v CSIRO & Ors [2012] VSC 83; Knorr v CSIRO (No 2) [2012] VSC 268; Knorr v CSIRO (No 3) [2012] VSC 529; Knorr v CSIRO & Ors [2014] VSCA 84; Wheela…

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Billington v Sussan Corporation Australia Pty Ltd [2020] VSCA 12
Citation 1

…n the original. See also the recent references to Aon and Northern Health by the Court of Appeal in Billington v Sussan Corporation Australia Pty Ltd [2020] VSCA 12, [25]–[26] (Beach, Kaye JJA and Croucher AJA) ( Billington ).…
Rahme v Benjamin & Khoury Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 211
Citation 2 (Para 1)

…8, [22]–[23]. See also Cassegrain v Cassegrain [2016] NSWCA 71 (Basten JA, Sackville and Emmett AJJA); Rahme v Benjamin & Koury Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 211 (Bathurst CJ, Macfarlan and McCallum JJA); cf. Landpower Australia Pty Ltd v Penske Power Systems Pty Ltd (2019) 99 NSWLR 780 (Bell P, Macfarlan and Payne JJA). [7…
Landpower Australia Pty Ltd v Penske Power Systems Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 161
Citation 3 (Para 1)

…Basten JA, Sackville and Emmett AJJA); Rahme v Benjamin & Koury Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 211 (Bathurst CJ, Macfarlan and McCallum JJA); cf. Landpower Australia Pty Ltd v Penske Power Systems Pty Ltd (2019) 99 NSWLR 780 (Bell P, Macfarlan and Payne JJA). [74](2007) 164 FCR 450. See also Reinhold v New South Wales Lotteries Corporation (No 2) (2008) 82 NSWLR 762 (Barre…
McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc v Clurname Pty Ltd [2017] FCAFC 211
Citation 4 (Para 1)

…arning CENTRES Ltd and Others [2014] NSWSC 1676, [247]; and Allsop CJ, Jagot and Yates JJ in McGraw-Hill Financial Inc v Clurname Pty Ltd and Another (2017) 123 ACSR 467, [6], [25]–[26]. [57]See, for example, Lanai Unit Holdings Pty Ltd v Mallesons Stephen Jaques (No 2) [2018] 3 Qd R 28 (Jackson J) (Queensland Supreme…
Smith v JZ Lee Interiors Pty Ltd [2017] VSCA 65
Citation 5 (Para 1)

…54]Ibid [16] and [18]. But see the Court of Appeal’s consideration in Smith and Donamis Consultants (Vic) Pty Ltd v J Z Lee Interiors Pty Ltd [2017] VSCA 65 ( J Z Lee Interiors ), where Osborn JA (Tate JA agreeing) questioned whether the prejudice in that case regarding the ability to claim contribution was reall…
Cassegrain v Cassegrain [2016] NSWCA 71
Citation 6 (Para 1)

…s Honour then was). [72]And its equivalent provisions in other States. [73][2013] NSWCA 58, [22]–[23]. See also Cassegrain v Cassegrain [2016] NSWCA 71 (Basten JA, Sackville and Emmett AJJA); Rahme v Benjamin & Koury Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 211 (Bathurst CJ, Macfarlan and McCallum JJA); cf. Landpower Australia Pty Lt…
Mandie v Memart Nominees Pty Ltd [2016] VSCA 4
Citation 7 (Para 1)

…nerally.’[35] [35] Northern Health , [22]. Considerations of this kind were further referred to in Mandie v Memart Nominees Pty Ltd [2016] VSCA 4 [36]–[48] (Kyrou, Ferguson and McLeish JJA), and more recently reinforced in Billington at [25] (Beach, Kaye JJA and Croucher AJA).…
Northern Health v Kuipers [2015] VSCA 172
Citation 8

…[31][2015] VSCA 172, footnotes included as in the original. See also the recent references to Aon and Northern Health by the Court of Appeal in Billington v Sussan Corporation Australia Pty Ltd [2020] VSCA 12, [25]–[26] (Beach, Kaye JJA and Croucher AJA) ( Billington ).…
Idameneo (No 123) Pty Ltd v Thomas Martin Suszko [2015] SASC 29
Citation 9

…[68][2015] SASC 29.…
Commonwealth Bank of Australia v ZYX Learning Centres Limited [2014] NSWSC 1676
Citation 10

…as made to McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc v Clurname Pty Ltd (2017) 123 ACSR 467 at 25, and Commonwealth Bank of Australia v ZYX Learning Centres Limited (2014) 103 ACSR 476 at 249–253.…
Brirek Industries Pty Ltd v McKenzie Group Consulting (Vic) Pty Ltd [2014] VSCA 165
Citation 11 (Para 1)

…ek No 2 ),[43] to which I refer but will not set out. [40](2003) 7 VR 63. [41]See Agtrack at [27]–[53] (Chernov JA and O’Bryan AJA agreeing). [42][2014] VSCA 165. [43](2015) 48 VR 558, [193]–[203] (Redlich, Whelan, and Santamaria JJA).…
Tsueneaki v Stewart [2013] ACTCA 34
Citation 12 (Para 1)

…ughbred ),[29] J Forrest J observed that, following the High Court’s decision in Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175 ( Aon ), courts must consider: the wider public interest and the efficient use of limited court resources when deciding whether to grant applications to…
Lysaght Building Solutions Pty Ltd v Blanalko Pty Ltd [2013] VSCA 158
Citation 13

…the discretion to refuse the application.[22] [21][2012] VSC 70, [34]. [22]As to the test see Lysaght Building Solutions Pty Ltd v Blanalko Pty Ltd [2013] VSCA 158 [29] per Warren CJ and Nettle JA (Neave JA agreeing). In Namberry Craft Pty Ltd v Watson ,[23] Vickery J summarised the relevant factors to be consider…
Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd v CTC Group Pty Ltd (No 2) [2013] NSWCA 58
Citation 14 (Para 1)

…v RT Edgar Pty Ltd [2011] VCC 1370 [355] (Judge Ginnane, as his Honour then was). [72]And its equivalent provisions in other States. [73][2013] NSWCA 58, [22]–[23]. See also Cassegrain v Cassegrain [2016] NSWCA 71 (Basten JA, Sackville and Emmett AJJA); Rahme v Benjamin & Koury Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 211 (Bathurst…
Skinner and Cluny (No. 3) [2011] FamCA 723
Citation 15

…[26](1997) 189 CLR 146.…
Trevor Roller Shutter Service Pty Ltd v Crowe [2011] VSCA 16
Citation 16

…[33] Trevor Roller Shutter Service Pty Ltd v Crowe [2011] VSCA 16, [42].…
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Citation 17

…[48] Lloyd Steel Co (Aust) Pty Ltd v Jade Shipping SA (1985) 1 NSWLR 212; Dyno Wesfarmers Ltd v Knuckey [2003] NSWCA 375 at [36].…
Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University [2009] HCA 27
Citation 18 (Para 1)

…Baree Stud v Those Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s ( Ultra Thoroughbred ),[29] J Forrest J observed that, following the High Court’s decision in Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175 ( Aon ), courts must consider: the wider public interest and the efficient use of limited court resources when deciding whether to grant appl…
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Citation 19

…defendant on 16 April 2020 ( Second written submissions ), [28], noting also the observations of Ashley JA in Godfrey Spowers (Victoria) Pty Ltd v Lincolne Scott Australia Pty Ltd (2008) 21 VR 84, footnote 27.…
Reinhold v New South Wales Lotteries Corporation (No 2) [2008] NSWSC 187
Citation 20 (Para 1)

…9 NSWLR 780 (Bell P, Macfarlan and Payne JJA). [74](2007) 164 FCR 450. See also Reinhold v New South Wales Lotteries Corporation (No 2) (2008) 82 NSWLR 762 (Barrett J); Main Road Property Group Pty Ltd & Ors v Pelligra & Sons Pty Ltd and Ors [2010] VSC 5 (Croft J); Godfrey Spowers (Victoria) Pty Ltd v Lincolne Scott A…
Dartberg Pty Ltd v Wealthcare Financial Planning Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1216
Citation 21 (Para 1)

…cCallum JJA); cf. Landpower Australia Pty Ltd v Penske Power Systems Pty Ltd (2019) 99 NSWLR 780 (Bell P, Macfarlan and Payne JJA). [74](2007) 164 FCR 450. See also Reinhold v New South Wales Lotteries Corporation (No 2) (2008) 82 NSWLR 762 (Barrett J); Main Road Property Group Pty Ltd & Ors v Pelligra & Sons Pty Ltd…
Magill v Magill [2006] HCA 51
Citation 22 (Para 1)

…result would follow. [84]Emphasis in original. Third written submissions filed by the plaintiffs on 1 May 2020, [7.5] citing McGill v McGill (2006) 226 CLR 551 at [114].…
Agtrack (NT) Pty Ltd v Hatfield [2005] HCA 38
Citation 23

…on or legislation in other States or Territories. See, for example, the discussion in the appeal to the High Court in Agtrack (NT) Pty Ltd v Hatfield (2005) 223 CLR 251, [55]–[60] (Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Gummow, Hayne and Heydon JJ). These matters need not be further explored for present purposes.…
Dyno Wesfarmers Ltd v Knuckey [2003] NSWCA 375
Citation 24 (Para 36)

…[48] Lloyd Steel Co (Aust) Pty Ltd v Jade Shipping SA (1985) 1 NSWLR 212; Dyno Wesfarmers Ltd v Knuckey [2003] NSWCA 375 at [36].…
PSL Industries Ltd v Simplot Australia Pty Ltd [2003] VSCA 7
Citation 25

…[47] Agtrack (2003) 7 VR 63; PSL Industries Ltd v Simplot Aust Pty Ltd (2003) 7 VR 106; [2003] VSCA 7. I add that other considerations may arise where the limitation is imposed by Commonwealth legislation or legislation in other States or Territories. See, for example, the discussion in the appeal to the High Co…
Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia [1992] HCA 55
Citation 26 (Para 1)

…nd should be given a beneficial interpretation.[62] [55]Although not always. [56]See, for example, Wardley Australia Ltd v State of Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514, [31]; [1992] HCA 5 as applied by Hamill J Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Another v ZYX Learning CENTRES Ltd and Others [2014] NSWSC 1676, [247];…
Brott v The Queen [1992] HCA 5
Citation 27 (Para 1)

…icial interpretation.[62] [55]Although not always. [56]See, for example, Wardley Australia Ltd v State of Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514, [31]; [1992] HCA 5 as applied by Hamill J Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Another v ZYX Learning CENTRES Ltd and Others [2014] NSWSC 1676, [247]; and Allsop CJ, Jago…
Bridge Shipping Pty Ltd v Grand Shipping SA [1991] HCA 45
Citation 28

…[46] Bridge Shipping Pty Ltd v Grant Shipping SA (1991) 173 CLR 231 at 260–261 per McHugh J when considering r 36.01(4) (Brennan and Deane JJ agreeing). The history of the rule suggests the same approach is to be taken in the construction of r 36.01 as a whole.…
Commonwealth v Verwayen [1990] HCA 39
Citation 29

…then its inclusion will be futile and that will be a significant, and probably decisive, matter in the exercise of the court’s discretion.[20] [17](1990) 170 CLR 394, 456. [18](1939) 39 SR NSW 305, 310. [19](1995) 1 VR 209, 215. [20] Matthews v SPI Electricity Pty Ltd (Ruling No 6) [2012] VSC 70, [33]. As J Forrest…
General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) [1964] HCA 69
Citation 30

…d there is at least reasonable basis for concluding that the claim is not obviously time-barred.[82] [82]Reference was made to McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc v Clurname Pty Ltd (2017) 123 ACSR 467 at 25, and Commonwealth Bank of Australia v ZYX Learning Centres Limited (2014) 103 ACSR 476 at 249–253.…
Wardley Australia Ltd v State of Western Australia [1991] FCA 406
Citation 31 (Para 1)

…the recognition that the provisions are remedial and should be given a beneficial interpretation.[62] [55]Although not always. [56]See, for example, Wardley Australia Ltd v State of Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514, [31]; [1992] HCA 5 as applied by Hamill J Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Another v ZYX Learning CENTRES Ltd and Others [2014] NSWSC…
Trani v Trani [2019] VSC 723
Citation 32 (Para 1)

…s (Victoria) Pty Ltd v Lincolne Scott Australia Pty Ltd and Others (2008) 21 VR 84 (Nettle, Ashley and Neave JJA); Trani v Trani (No 2) [2019] VSC 723; and Landpower Australia Pty Ltd v Penske Power Systems Pty Ltd (2019) 99 NSWLR 780 (Bell P, Macfarlan and Payne JJA).…
Cargill Australia Limited v Viterra Malt Pty Ltd (No 18) [2018] VSC 772
Citation 33

…[8][2018] VSC 772.…
Pentridge Village Pty Ltd (in liq) v Capital Finance Australia Ltd [2018] VSC 633
Citation 34 (Para 1)

…part apparent from my rulings on three earlier applications in Pentridge Village Pty Ltd (in liq) v Capital Finance ( Pentridge Village No 1 ).[2] [2][2018] VSC 633.…
Cargill Australia Ltd v Viterra Malt Pty Ltd (No 10) [2018] VSC 439
Citation 35

…[10]The relevant principles have been set out previously in Cargill Australia Ltd v Viterra Malt Pty Ltd (No 10) [2018] VSC 439, [16]–[18]. They are repeated here for convenience.…
Willmott Forests Ltd (Receivers and Managers appointed)(In Liq) v Armstrong Dubois Pty Ltd [2016] VSC 61
Citation 36 (Para 1)

…of action in a fresh proceeding.[37] [37]See, for example, Willmott Forests Ltd (Receivers & Managers appointed) (In Liq) v Armstrong Dubois Pty Ltd [2016] VSC 61 at [31] and the cases there cited (Derham AsJ).…
ABL Nominees Pty Ltd v Mackenzie (No 2) [2014] VSC 529
Citation 37 (Para 1)

…A helpful summary was also set out in ABL Nominees Pty Ltd v MacKenzie (No 2) :[16] [16][2014] VSC 529 [17]–[22], footnotes included as in original (Derham AsJ).…
Matthews v SPI Electricity Pty Ltd (Ruling No 6) [2012] VSC 70
Citation 38

…on.[20] [17](1990) 170 CLR 394, 456. [18](1939) 39 SR NSW 305, 310. [19](1995) 1 VR 209, 215. [20] Matthews v SPI Electricity Pty Ltd (Ruling No 6) [2012] VSC 70, [33]. As J Forrest J observed in Matthews v SPI Electricity Pty Ltd (Ruling No 6) ,[21] having regard to the terms of the Civil Procedure Act 2010 (CP…
Ultra Thoroughbred Racing Pty Ltd v Those Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London [2011] VSC 370
Citation 39

…[29][2011] VSC 370.…
Namberry Craft Pty Ltd v Watson [2011] VSC 136
Citation 40

…elevant factors to be considered, as a result of the decision in AON Risk Services Australia v Australian National University ,[24] as follows: [23][2011] VSC 136. [24](2009) 239 CLR 175. [T]here are to be limits placed upon re-pleading. The High Court in AON Risk Services Australia referred to a range of other c…
Hodgson v Amcor Ltd [2010] VSC 204
Citation 41 (Para 1)

…example, Lanai Unit Holdings Pty Ltd v Mallesons Stephen Jaques (No 2) [2018] 3 Qd R 28 (Jackson J) (Queensland Supreme Court); Hodgson v Amcor Ltd [2010] VSC 204 (Emerton J); NLC Holdings Pty Ltd (in liq) v Victoria [2009] VSC 603 (Croft J); and Pyramid Building Society v Farrow (VSC, unreported, Beach J, 30 Apr…
ACN 074 971 109 v the National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd [2010] VSC 186
Citation 42

…[28] ACN 074 971 109 v The National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd [2010] VSC 186, [28].…
Equuscorp Pty Ltd and Sintoff Pty Ltd v Acehand Pty Ltd & Ors [2010] VSC 89
Citation 43

…[25]Ibid [38]. Equuscorp Pty Ltd and Sintoff Pty Ltd v Acehand Pty Ltd & Ors [2010] VSC 89, [19].…
Main Road Property Group Pty Ltd & Ors v Pelligra & Sons Pty Ltd & Ors [2010] VSC 5
Citation 44 (Para 1)

…Lotteries Corporation (No 2) (2008) 82 NSWLR 762 (Barrett J); Main Road Property Group Pty Ltd & Ors v Pelligra & Sons Pty Ltd and Ors [2010] VSC 5 (Croft J); Godfrey Spowers (Victoria) Pty Ltd v Lincolne Scott Australia Pty Ltd and Others (2008) 21 VR 84 (Nettle, Ashley and Neave JJA); Trani v Trani (No 2) [2…
NLC Holdings Pty Ltd (in Liquidation) v State of Victoria [2009] VSC 603
Citation 45 (Para 1)

…) [2018] 3 Qd R 28 (Jackson J) (Queensland Supreme Court); Hodgson v Amcor Ltd [2010] VSC 204 (Emerton J); NLC Holdings Pty Ltd (in liq) v Victoria [2009] VSC 603 (Croft J); and Pyramid Building Society v Farrow (VSC, unreported, Beach J, 30 April 1993). [58]Or equivalent limitation provisions or analogues in oth…
Solak v Bank of Western Australia Ltd [2009] VSC 82
Citation 46 (Para 1)

…; Main Road Property Group Pty Ltd & Ors v Pelligra & Sons Pty Ltd and Ors [2010] VSC 5 (Croft J); Tarik Solak v Bank of Western Aust Ltd [2009] VSC 82 (Pagone J). It may be noted however that there has not in any of these decisions been a detailed discussion of the apparent tension between the two approaches an…
Duncan Davis (Sales) Pty Ltd v Davis [2008] VSC 127
Citation 47 (Para 36)

…[49] Duncan Davis (Sales) Pty Ltd v Davis [2008] VSC 127 at [36].…
Wintle v Conaust (Vic) Pty Ltd [2001] VSC 315
Citation 48 (Para 1)

…ny other defendant or third party) would not by reason of the order be prejudiced in the conduct of its claim or defence in the proceeding. [53][2001] VSC 315. [54]Ibid [16] and [18]. But see the Court of Appeal’s consideration in Smith and Donamis Consultants (Vic) Pty Ltd v J Z Lee Interiors Pty Ltd [2017] VSCA…
Nesnah Nominees Pty Ltd v Blackwell [1998] VSC 130
Citation 49 (Para 1)

…ing the court has the power to make such a direction, which is discussed further later in these reasons. See also Nesnah Nominees Pty Ltd v Blackwell [1998] VSC 130, [27]–[43] (Eames J).…
Peachbulk Pty Ltd v R T Edgar Pty Ltd [2011] VCC 1370
Citation 50 (Para 1)

…ial Planning Pty Ltd ( Dartberg ).[74] [71]This is not to ignore the decision of the County Court in Peachbulk Pty Ltd v RT Edgar Pty Ltd [2011] VCC 1370 [355] (Judge Ginnane, as his Honour then was). [72]And its equivalent provisions in other States. [73][2013] NSWCA 58, [22]–[23]. See also Cassegrain v Cassegrai…

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