Zhang v Xiong Summary

COURT OF APPEAL

WILLIAMS JA

Appeal No 2524 of 2006

KECHENG ZHANG	Applicant
and
YUBIN XIONG	Respondent

BRISBANE

..DATE 05/04/2006

ORDER

MR S NGUYEN (instructed by Davellin Lawyers) for the applicant

MR L NEVISON (instructed by Quinn & Scattini) for the respondent

WILLIAMS JA: Summary judgment was given against the applicant in the total sum of $277,000. A $185,000 of that was always admitted to be owing. The applicant then applied for a stay of execution pending the hearing of the appeal. The hearing of the appeal has now been set down for the 19th of April this year.

When the matter came before me on 29 March, I intimated to counsel for the applicant that he had serious difficulties to overcome in order to obtain a stay and that resulted in an indication that the applicant could pay to the respondent the sum of $185,000 and the balance into Court and, on that basis, I granted a stay. The monies have not been paid. That is neither the amount ordered to be paid to the respondent nor the amount to be paid into Court.

The matter has been re listed today but I am not satisfied that the applicant has discharged the onus of establishing that this is an appropriate case in which to grant a stay. Therefore the application is dismissed with costs on the standard basis.

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The case of Zhang v Xiong involves an applicant, Kecheng Zhang, and a respondent, Yubin Xiong, before the Court of Appeal in Brisbane. Zhang sought a stay of execution on a judgment for $277,000, with $185,000 admitted to be owing. The applicant's appeal against the judgment was scheduled for April 19. The applicant initially indicated a willingness to pay $185,000 directly to the respondent and the remaining balance into court, which led to a provisional stay of execution. However, Zhang failed to make the required payments, resulting in the application being dismissed by the court.

The primary legal issue the court had to address was whether the applicant had fulfilled the conditions set for the stay of execution. Given the applicant's failure to make the required payments as initially indicated, the court had to assess if this constituted a breach of the conditions for the stay. Furthermore, the court had to consider if the applicant had demonstrated sufficient grounds to justify the continuation of the stay of execution pending the appeal.

The Court of Appeal, presided over by Williams JA, found that the applicant had not met the necessary conditions for a stay of execution. Despite the initial indication to pay a specified amount, Zhang did not fulfill this commitment, leading the court to conclude that the applicant had not discharged the onus of proving that the stay should be maintained. As a result, the application for a stay of execution was dismissed, and costs were awarded to the respondent on the standard basis. The applicant was also directed to pay the full judgment amount into court within 14 days.

Zhang v Xiong

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