Blythe Green & Jordain (Trading) Pty Ltd v Sienna Pty Ltd ; 38 NTR 1; 82 FLR 291

(1986) 82 FLR 291; [1986] NTSC 14

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Striking out
3. › Statement of claim
4. › Application to strike out claim for enforcement of statutory lien
5. › Whether second lien for same debt available after first lien ceased by operation of statute
6. › Supreme Court Rules O.29 R.4
1. Liens
2. › Workmen's liens
3. › Statutory lien on land
4. › Nature and scope of lien under Workmen's Liens Act 1893-1896 (SA)
5. › Creation of lien by operation of s.5
6. › Registration requirement under s.10
7. › Cessation of lien under s.15 for failure to commence enforcement action within 14 days
8. › Whether lien once ceased capable of resurrection by fresh registration for same debt
9. › Whether lien has separate existence prior to registration
10. › Workmen's Liens Act 1893-1896 (SA), ss 5, 10, 15, 16, 37

Quick Take

Once a workmen's lien under the Workmen's Liens Act 1893-1896 (SA) ceases by operation of s.15 (failure to commence enforcement proceedings within 14 days of registration), the lien is extinguished and cannot be revived by registering a fresh notice of lien for the same debt. The only mechanism for fresh enforcement proceedings is under s.16, which requires that the original action was commenced within time and then discontinued with court leave. The lien has a separate existence prior to registration and is not identical with the notice of lien.