Frog Swamp Pty Ltd v Statewide Secured Investments Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 376

Frog Swamp Pty Ltd v Statewide Secured Investments Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 376

The applicants failed to demonstrate a reasonably arguable basis to disturb the trial judge’s dismissal of the motion to set aside default judgments, as there was no adequate explanation for the delay, no sufficient evidence of assignment of the loans to another entity, and no substantiated cross-claims or defences that could not be pursued separately.

Parties
First Applicant: Frog Swamp Pty Ltd; Second Applicant: Brent Robert Pearsall; Respondent: Statewide Secured Investments Pty Ltd
Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
25 November 2015
Procedural Posture
Application for Leave to Appeal / Court of Appeal Decision on Application for Leave
Outcome
Application for leave to appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
Setting Aside Default Judgments, Leave to Appeal, Mortgage Enforcement, Misleading or Deceptive Conduct, Prejudice From Default Judgment
Civil Procedure Setting Aside Default Judgments Leave to Appeal Mortgage Enforcement Misleading or Deceptive Conduct Prejudice From Default Judgment

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Parties

Frog Swamp Pty Ltd

First Applicant

Brent Robert Pearsall

Second Applicant

Statewide Secured Investments Pty Ltd

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Application for Leave to Appeal / Court of Appeal Decision on Application for Leave

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether applicants should have leave to appeal orders refusing to set aside default judgments
  2. 2 Whether adequate explanation for delay in seeking to set aside default judgments
  3. 3 Whether respondent was entitled to enforce debt or whether loans were assigned to another entity

Ratio Decidendi

The applicants failed to demonstrate a reasonably arguable basis to disturb the trial judge’s dismissal of the motion to set aside default judgments, as there was no adequate explanation for the delay, no sufficient evidence of assignment of the loans to another entity, and no substantiated cross-claims or defences that could not be pursued separately.

Court Disposition

Application for leave to appeal dismissed

Orders

  • Summons seeking leave to appeal dismissed
  • Applicants to pay the respondent's costs in this Court