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D.I.Y. Tiles Pty Ltd v Cole[2009] QDC 365

D.I.Y. Tiles Pty Ltd v Cole[2009] QDC 365

[2009] QDC 365

DISTRICT COURT

CIVIL JURISDICTION

JUDGE ROBIN QC

No 1059 of 2009

D.I.Y. TILES PTY LTD

Plaintiff

and

JILL MAREE COLE AND

STEPHEN NICHOLAS JOHN COLE

Defendants

BRISBANE

DATE 15/10/2009

ORDER

CATCHWORDS

Uniform Civil Procedure Rules r 292

Summary judgment application upon a guarantee providing for liability on demand adjourned to allow plaintiff to present evidence of the demand before action

HIS HONOUR: This is a summary judgment application under rule 292. The respondent to it is the defendant Jill Maree Cole who has not appeared when called, although served by service upon the solicitors who were acting until very recently. She is now self-represented.

She is sued as the guarantor. I've perused her pleading which doesn't look very promising by way of establishing a defence, asserting principally that she was induced to provide the guarantee by her co-guarantor and former partner, that he had undertaken in events which had happened to ensure she was not liable under it, etc.

Notwithstanding those favourable circumstances for the application, the plaintiff, represented by Mr Thomae, has taken a cautious approach, feeling unable to distinguish the circumstances from those considered in Equititrust Limited v Gamp J and P Development Proprietary Limited [2009] QSC 115 at paragraph 19.

The importance of establishing, on an application such as the present one, the making of a demand upon the guarantor, where the instrument of guarantee in terms provides that the guarantor should be liable on demand, was emphasised.

Mr Thomae informs the Court that the plaintiff can establish a demand but has not done so in material filed in Court to date. I respect his reluctance to spare his client the risk involved in relying on doctrines whereby the commencement of proceedings may constitute a demand.

In these circumstances, the application will be adjourned until the 22nd of October 2009 as requested with the costs reserved. Order as per initialled draft.

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Editorial Notes

  • Published Case Name:

    D.I.Y. Tiles Pty Ltd v Cole

  • Shortened Case Name:

    D.I.Y. Tiles Pty Ltd v Cole

  • MNC:

    [2009] QDC 365

  • Court:

    QDC

  • Judge(s):

    Robin DCJ

  • Date:

    15 Oct 2009

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Cases Cited

Case NameFull CitationFrequency
Equititrust Limited v Gamp Developments Pty Ltd [2009] QSC 115
1 citation

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