Drive My Car Rentals Pty Ltd v Gabriel

• 1. Civil Procedure
  2. › Third party proceedings
  3. › Cross-claims
  4. › Rights of cross-defendant in first proceedings
  5. › Whether formal admission by defendant on pleadings forecloses issue as against cross-defendant
  6. › Whether cross-defendant entitled to contest all issues that could impose liability
  7. › Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 22
• 1. Civil Procedure
  2. › Third party proceedings
  3. › Issue estoppel
  4. › Whether parties bound by issue estoppels arising from judgment in proceedings
  5. › Whether cross-defendant bound by and entitled to rely on findings on claim
  6. › Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 22(3)(b)
• 1. Appeals
  2. › Appeal from Local Court to Supreme Court
  3. › Finding of fact
  4. › Ownership of motor vehicle
  5. › Whether finding glaringly improbable or contrary to compelling inferences
  6. › Whether leave to appeal should be granted
  7. › Local Court Act 2007 (NSW), ss 39, 40
• 1. Costs
  2. › Third party proceedings
  3. › Pass-on costs orders
  4. › Whether costs of unsuccessful fraud allegation should be borne by plaintiff
  5. › Whether exercise of costs discretion miscarried
  6. › Whether unsuccessful fraud allegation unnecessarily protracted proceedings
  7. › Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 98

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