HomeBuilding Pty Ltd (formerly known as Hammond & Simonds Pty Ltd ABN 61 162 746 929) v Cappello & Anor [2023] NSWDC 338

HomeBuilding Pty Ltd (formerly known as Hammond & Simonds Pty Ltd ABN 61 162 746 929) v Cappello & Anor [2023] NSWDC 338

As the judgment debtors had exhausted avenues of appeal and put forward no arguable basis for withholding relief, the stay should be lifted and the judgment creditor permitted to enforce the judgment.

Parties
Judgment Creditor: HomeBuilding Pty Ltd (formerly known as Hammond & Simonds Pty Ltd ABN 61 162 746 929); Judgment Debtor: Rosario Cappello; Judgment Debtor: Maria Cappello
Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
28 August 2023
Procedural Posture
Civil / Application to Lift Stay on Judgment Enforcement
Outcome
Application to lift stay granted.
Legal Topics
Stay of Execution, Costs Assessment, Enforcement of Judgments

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Parties

HomeBuilding Pty Ltd (formerly known as Hammond & Simonds Pty Ltd ABN 61 162 746 929)

Judgment Creditor

Rosario Cappello

Judgment Debtor

Maria Cappello

Judgment Debtor

Procedural Posture

Civil / Application to Lift Stay on Judgment Enforcement

  1. 1 Whether the stay on execution of the District Court Judgment should be lifted

Ratio Decidendi

As the judgment debtors had exhausted avenues of appeal and put forward no arguable basis for withholding relief, the stay should be lifted and the judgment creditor permitted to enforce the judgment.

Court Disposition

Application to lift stay granted.

Orders

  • Reference to s 125 in the order of 23 November 2022 corrected to s 135 of the Civil Procedure Act.
  • Stay imposed by the Court on 23 November 2022 on execution of the District Court Judgment entered on 1 April 2022 is lifted.