Zagga Investments Pty Ltd v Walsh; Walsh v Preston Rowe Paterson Newcastle & Central Coast Pty Ltd (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 1500

Zagga Investments Pty Ltd v Walsh; Walsh v Preston Rowe Paterson Newcastle & Central Coast Pty Ltd (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 1500

The cross-claim was struck out because the cross-defendant was not the lender and thus irrelevant to the transaction, and because the cross-claim failed to establish in law that the lender owed a duty of care to the guarantor or that misleading or deceptive conduct occurred under s 18 Australian Consumer Law.

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Parties
Plaintiff: Zagga Investments Pty Ltd; Defendant/cross Claimant/respondent: Dylan James Walsh; First Cross Defendant: Preston Rowe Paterson Newcastle & Central Coast Pty Ltd; Second Cross Defendant/applicant: Zagga Markets Pty Ltd
Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
22 November 2024
Procedural Posture
Statement of Cross Claim / Notice of Motion to Strike Out Cross Claim
Outcome
Statement of Cross-Claim struck out; defendant/cross-claimant to pay the second cross-defendant's costs of the motion
Legal Topics
Pleadings, Striking Out Cross Claim, Misleading or Deceptive Conduct
Civil Procedure Pleadings Striking Out Cross Claim Misleading or Deceptive Conduct

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Parties

Zagga Investments Pty Ltd

Plaintiff

Dylan James Walsh

Defendant/cross Claimant/respondent

Preston Rowe Paterson Newcastle & Central Coast Pty Ltd

First Cross Defendant

Zagga Markets Pty Ltd

Second Cross Defendant/applicant

Procedural Posture

Statement of Cross Claim / Notice of Motion to Strike Out Cross Claim

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the defendant/cross-claimant has joined the correct cross-defendant to the cross-claim
  2. 2 Whether an arguable case is pleaded on the cross-claim
  3. 3 Whether the cross-claim is sufficiently pleaded

Ratio Decidendi

The cross-claim was struck out because the cross-defendant was not the lender and thus irrelevant to the transaction, and because the cross-claim failed to establish in law that the lender owed a duty of care to the guarantor or that misleading or deceptive conduct occurred under s 18 Australian Consumer Law.

Court Disposition

Statement of Cross-Claim struck out; defendant/cross-claimant to pay the second cross-defendant's costs of the motion

Orders

  • The Notice of Motion to strike out the cross-claim is granted; the Cross-claim against Zagga Markets Pty Ltd is struck out.
  • Defendant/cross-claimant to pay the second cross-defendant's costs of the motion.