Matthews v SPI Electricity Pty Ltd; SPI Electricity Pty Ltd v Utility Services Corporation Ltd (Ruling 56

[2011] VSC 168; (2011) 34 VR 584

Supreme Court of Victoria

Australia - Victoria

10th May, 2011

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text	Citation Index
PS721535N v Team Building (Vic) Pty Ltd	[2024] VCC 1633	County Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	22 Oct 2024	AustLII
Re Brumer; Sternfein v Bloom (No 2)	[2024] VSC 506	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	27 Aug 2024	AustLII
Malaspina v Victoria	[2024] VSC 338	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	20 Jun 2024	AustLII	2
Kaplink 003 Holdings Ltd v BC Lynbrook Pty Ltd	[2024] VSC 194	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	23 Apr 2024	AustLII	1
Seiffert v the Prisoners Review Board	[2023] WASCA 15	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	1 Feb 2023	AustLII	3
Shan v Zhang	[2021] VSC 452	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	2 Aug 2021	AustLII	2
Israfoods (2006) Ltd v J & D Consortium Pty Ltd	[2019] VSC 323	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	17 May 2019	AustLII	19
Potter v Yeung	[2019] VCC 10	County Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	24 Jan 2019	AustLII	2
Smith v Victoria	[2018] VSC 475; (2018) 56 VR 332	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	27 Aug 2018	AustLII	12
Muranna Park Pty Ltd v Southern Mortgages Ltd	[2017] VSC 222	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	3 May 2017	AustLII	3
Salt v Victoria	[2017] VSC 6	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	23 Jan 2017	AustLII	1
Angeleska (No 3)	[2016] VSC 568	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	21 Sep 2016	AustLII	5
Quality Roads Pty Ltd v Baw Baw Shire Council (No 1)	[2016] VSC 477	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	18 Aug 2016	AustLII	1
AS v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (Ruling	[2016] VSC 351	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	30 Jun 2016	AustLII	4
Irena Spaleta v ANH Nominees Pty Ltd	[2016] VSC 104	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	18 Mar 2016	AustLII	1
Sheehan v Brett Young (No 2)	[2015] VSC 651	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	15 Oct 2015	AustLII	2
Solari v CGU Insurance Ltd (Ruling	[2015] VCC 207	County Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	4 Mar 2015	AustLII	1
Liesfield v SPI Electricity Pty Ltd	[2014] VSC 348	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	25 Jul 2014	AustLII	4
Just Group Ltd v Van Dyk	[2014] VSC 228	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	20 May 2014	AustLII	2
Liesfield v SPI Electricity Pty Ltd (Ruling	[2013] VSC 634; (2013) 43 VR 493	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	27 Nov 2013	AustLII	28
Waddington v Magistrates ’ Court of Victoria & Kha (No 2)	[2013] VSC 340	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	28 Jun 2013	AustLII	7
Lysaght Building Solutions Pty Ltd v Blanalko Pty Ltd	[2013] VSCA 158; (2013) 42 VR 27	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	24 Jun 2013	AustLII	470
Lysaght Building Solutions Pty Ltd v Blanalko Pty Ltd	[2013] VSC 201	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	26 Apr 2013	AustLII	8
Charles Lloyd Property Group Pty Ltd v Buchanan	[2013] VSC 148	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	5 Apr 2013	AustLII	5
Matthews v SPI Electricity Pty Ltd and SPI Electricity Pty Ltd v Utility Services Corporation Ltd (Ruling	[2013] VSC 112	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	18 Mar 2013	AustLII	1
Waddington v Magistrates' Court of Victoria and Kha	[2013] VSC 101	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	13 Mar 2013	AustLII	5
Think Commodities Pty Ltd v Think Industries Pty Ltd	[2013] VSC 206	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	7 Mar 2013	AustLII
Erlich v Fleiszig	[2013] VSC 63	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	22 Feb 2013	AustLII	7
Velissaris v The Magistrates' Court of Victoria	[2013] VSC 23	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	8 Feb 2013	AustLII	6
Abel v State Trustees Ltd	[2013] VSC 20	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	7 Feb 2013	AustLII	2
Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v De Simone	[2012] VSC 644	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	21 Dec 2012	AustLII	2
Mills v State Trustees Ltd	[2012] VSC 614	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	18 Dec 2012	AustLII
Barber v Victoria	[2012] VSC 554	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	19 Nov 2012	AustLII	27
Frontlink Pty Ltd v Feldman	[2012] VSC 530	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	2 Nov 2012	AustLII	1
Turner, John Raymond v Davis, Glen (Ruling)	[2012] VCC 1495	County Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	19 Oct 2012	AustLII
Abel v State Trustees Ltd	[2012] VSC 425	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	21 Sep 2012	AustLII
Mittag & Teware Pty Ltd v Harrison	[2012] VCC 1228	County Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	20 Sep 2012	AustLII	1
Mittag & Teware Pty Ltd v Alan Patrick Pty Ltd	[2012] VCC 1182	County Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	20 Sep 2012	AustLII	1
Singleton v Marina Apartments	[2012] VCC 1341	County Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	5 Sep 2012	AustLII
Napolitano v State Trustees Ltd	[2012] VSC 345	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	15 Aug 2012	AustLII	3
ANZ Banking Group Ltd v Matthews	[2012] VCC 1600	County Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	11 Jul 2012	AustLII
Portbury Development Co Pty Ltd v Ottedin Investments Pty Ltd	[2012] VSC 274	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	21 Jun 2012	AustLII	1
Alcoa of Australia Ltd v Apache Energy Ltd	[2012] WASC 209	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	20 Jun 2012	AustLII	35
Westpac Banking Corporation v Tesoro	[2012] VSC 182	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	8 May 2012	AustLII	7
Capital One Securities Pty Ltd v Soda Kids Holdings Pty Ltd	[2012] VSC 163	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	27 Apr 2012	AustLII	24
National Australia Bank v Norman	[2012] VSC 14	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	6 Feb 2012	AustLII	11
Samfa Pty Ltd v Hilane Pty Ltd	[2011] VSC 644	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	15 Dec 2011	AustLII	8
APN Funds Management Ltd v Australian Property Investments Strategic Pty Ltd	[2011] VSC 555	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	28 Oct 2011	AustLII	8
Dattner v Wharton	[2011] VSC 533	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	21 Oct 2011	AustLII
APN Funds Management Ltd v Australian Property Investment Strategic Pty Ltd	[2011] VSC 515	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	14 Oct 2011	AustLII	1
JBS Southern Australia Pty Ltd v Westcity Group Holdings Pty Ltd	[2011] VSC 476	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	23 Sep 2011	AustLII	34
Webb v Ryan	[2011] VSC 461	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	19 Sep 2011	AustLII	4
Matthews v SPI Electricity Pty Ltd; SPI Electricity Pty Ltd v Utility Services Corporation Ltd (Ruling	[2011] VSC 399	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	23 Aug 2011	AustLII	2
National Australia Bank Ltd v Gary Gordon Busby	[2011] VCC 1009	County Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	3 Aug 2011	AustLII
Re Willmott Forests Ltd (in Liq) and Willmott Finance Pty Ltd (in liq)	[2011] VSC 348	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	28 Jul 2011	AustLII	1
Ottedin Investments Pty Ltd v Portbury Developments Co Pty Ltd	[2011] VSC 222; (2011) 35 VR 1	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	27 May 2011	AustLII	89

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Industrial Relations Act 1988 (Cth)	sALA1912N38210.PDF.SINO_TEXT
Accident Compensation Act 1985 (Vic)
Crown Proceedings Act 1958 (Vic)	s23
Civil Procedure Act 2010 (Vic)	s63, s64
Emergency Management Act 1986 (Vic)	s1, s3, s5
Interpretation of Legislation Act (Vic)
Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic)
The Act (Vic)
Supreme Court Act (Vic)	s3, s5, s6, s33ZB
Wrongs Act (Vic)
Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2005 (Vic)

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text	Citation Index
Matthews v SPI Electricity Pty Ltd; SPI Electricity Pty Ltd v Utility Services Corporation Ltd (Ruling	[2011] VSC 167; (2011) 34 VR 560	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	10 May 2011	AustLII	17
Wheelahan v City of Casey (No 3)	[2011] VSC 15	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	3 Feb 2011	AustLII	25
[2011] Hca 11	[2011] HCA 11	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 2011	AustLII	379
Slaveski v Victoria	[2010] VSC 441	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	1 Oct 2010	AustLII	86
Spencer v Commonwealth	[2010] HCA 28; (2010) 241 CLR 118; (2010) 269 ALR 233; (2010) 84 ALJR 612; [2010] ALMD 7244	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	1 Sep 2010	AustLII	1993
Cohen v Victoria	[2010] VSC 371	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	25 Aug 2010	AustLII	8
Victoria v Richards	[2010] VSCA 113; (2010) 27 VR 343; [2010] Aust Torts Reports 82-058	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	12 May 2010	AustLII	31
Credit Suisse International v Ramot Plana OOD	[2010] EWHC 2759	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	circa 2010	BAILII	3
McGuirk v University of New South Wales	[2009] NSWSC 1424	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	17 Dec 2009	AustLII	183
Caltex Refineries (Qld) Pty Ltd v Stavar	[2009] NSWCA 258; (2009) 259 ALR 616; (2009) 75 NSWLR 649	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	31 Aug 2009	AustLII	257
Stuart v Kirkland-Veenstra	[2009] HCA 15; (2009) 237 CLR 215; (2009) 254 ALR 432; (2009) 83 ALJR 623; [2009] Aust Torts Reports 82-006	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	22 Apr 2009	AustLII	182
[2003] 2 AC 1	[2003] 2 AC 1		United Kingdom	circa 2003	LexisNexis / Westlaw	1
Graham Barclay Oysters Pty Ltd v Ryan	[2002] HCA 54; (2002) 211 CLR 540; (2002) 194 ALR 337; (2002) 77 ALJR 183; [2003] Aust Torts Reports 81-681; (2002) 125 LGERA 1; (2002) 23 Leg Rep 2; 234 IPR 74	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	5 Dec 2002	AustLII	687
Victoria v Horvath	[2002] VSCA 177; (2002) 6 VR 326	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	7 Nov 2002	AustLII	33
Sullivan v Moody	[2001] HCA 59; (2001) 207 CLR 562; (2001) 183 ALR 404; (2001) 75 ALJR 1570; (2001) 28 Fam LR 104; [2001] Aust Torts Reports 81-622; (2001) 22 Leg Rep 2	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 2001	AustLII	691
[2001] 1 All Er 91	[2001] 1 All ER 91		United Kingdom	circa 2001	LexisNexis	920
Crimmins v Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee	[1999] HCA 59; (1999) 200 CLR 1; (1999) 167 ALR 1; (1999) 74 ALJR 1; (1999) 19 Leg Rep 2; [1999] Aust Torts Reports 81-532	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	10 Nov 1999	AustLII	505
Gardiner v Victoria	[1999] VSCA 100; [1999] 2 VR 461	Supreme Court of Victoria - Court of Appeal	Australia - Victoria	2 Jul 1999	AustLII	29
Preston v Star City Pty Ltd	[1999] NSWSC 1273	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	circa 1999	AustLII	49
Pyrenees Shire Council v Day	[1998] HCA 3; (1998) 192 CLR 330; (1998) 151 ALR 147; (1998) 72 ALJR 152; 96 LGERA 330; [1998] Aust Torts Reports 81-456	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	23 Jan 1998	AustLII	464
(1995) 185 CLR 410	(1995) 185 CLR 410		Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1995	Legal Online / Westlaw	2523
Wickstead v Browne	[1992] NSWCA 272; (1992) 30 NSWLR 1	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	24 Dec 1992	AustLII	514
Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman	[1985] HCA 41; (1985) 157 CLR 424; 60 ALR 1; (1985) 59 ALJR 564; (1985) 56 LGRA 120; 10 ATPR 41-238	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	4 Jul 1985	AustLII	939
Sovar v Henry Lane Pty Ltd	[1967] HCA 31; (1967) 116 CLR 397; [1967] ALR 609; 41 ALJR 129	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	20 Sep 1967	AustLII	180
O ’ Connor v SP Bray Ltd	[1937] HCA 18; (1937) 56 CLR 464; [1937] ALR 461	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	30 Apr 1937	AustLII	236
Enever v R	[1906] HCA 3; (1906) 3 CLR 969; 12 ALR 592	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	12 Mar 1906	AustLII	219

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