Telfer v Berkeley Challenge Pty Limited (No 2)

In *Telfer v Berkeley Challenge Pty Limited (No 2)*, the applicant sought to have an order made by the court vacated and varied. The specific nature of the dispute leading to the original order is not detailed in the provided text, but the application concerned the court's power to alter judgments that had not yet been formally passed and entered.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the circumstances of the case warranted the exercise of its discretion to vacate and vary an order that had not yet been perfected. This required the court to consider the principles governing its inherent jurisdiction to control its own process and ensure the administration of justice.

The court ultimately dismissed the application. While the reasoning is not elaborated upon in the provided text, the decision indicates that the applicant failed to demonstrate that the case met the threshold for intervention by the court to alter an order prior to its formal entry. The court's inherent power to vary or vacate orders is typically exercised sparingly and only in circumstances where it is necessary to prevent a miscarriage of justice or to correct a clear error.