Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 425

Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 425

Interest on restitutionary payments should be calculated at the pre-judgment rate, up to the date of actual repayment, due to the compensatory purpose and absence of delay; costs at first instance apportioned, with MBM ordered to pay 50% reflecting its partial success and the significance of the Channar issues.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
09 December 2014
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Post Appeal; Consequential Orders
Outcome
Appeal allowed in part, dismissed in part.
Legal Topics
['interest on Payments' 'costs Apportionment' 'judgment Variation']
['civil Procedure' 'restitution' 'costs'] ['interest on Payments' 'costs Apportionment' 'judgment Variation']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal / Post Appeal; Consequential Orders

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether interest on restitutionary payments should be awarded at pre-judgment or post-judgment rate' 'Appropriate date for calculation of interest entitlement' 'Proper order for payment of first instance costs']

Ratio Decidendi

Interest on restitutionary payments should be calculated at the pre-judgment rate, up to the date of actual repayment, due to the compensatory purpose and absence of delay; costs at first instance apportioned, with MBM ordered to pay 50% reflecting its partial success and the significance of the Channar issues.

Court Disposition

Appeal allowed in part, dismissed in part.

Orders

  • ['Judgment for the first respondent against the appellant in sum of $89,397,091.73 ($69,284,921.27 and $20,112,170.46 interest).' 'Judgment for the second respondent against the appellant in sum of $89,397,091.73 ($69,284,921.27 and $20,112,170.46 interest).' "First respondent's claim against appellant in respect of...