Government Insurance Office of New South Wales v Healey [No 2]

(1991) 22 NSWLR 380; [1991] NSWCA 103

NSW Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Appeals
2. › Stay of execution
3. › Overpayment as condition of stay — appeal reduces judgment below amount paid — power of Court of Appeal to order repayment
1. Appeals
2. › Court of Appeal powers
3. › Single Judge of Appeal — incidental orders after judgment — s46(2)(b) Supreme Court Act 1970
1. Interest
2. › Court's discretion
3. › Backdating of interest to date of overpayment — s95 Supreme Court Act 1970 — Pt40 R3(5) Supreme Court Rules
1. Practice and procedure
2. › Multiplicity of proceedings
3. › s63 Supreme Court Act 1970 — Court of Appeal ordering repayment to avoid fresh proceedings in lower court

Quick Take

The Court of Appeal held that where a payment made as a condition of a stay of execution exceeds the amount ultimately awarded on appeal, the Court of Appeal has power to order repayment of the overpayment as incidental to its appellate orders under s46(2)(b) of the Supreme Court Act 1970, without requiring the successful appellant to commence separate proceedings for money had and received. The Court further held that interest on the overpayment could be ordered under s95 of the Act and backdated to the date of the original overpayment, exercising the Court's power to 'otherwise order' under that section. The entitlement to interest at common law was left unresolved, the matter being determined on statutory grounds.