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\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8914955 (SOUTH SEA) LIMITED
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8988470 Messrs }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1270057\charrsid8988470 S}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8988470 uresh Maharaj & Associates for the Plaintiff

\par Messrs Howards Lawyers for the Defendant
\par (City Agents Messrs Gordon & Co).}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470 
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8914955 Date of Hearing:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8914955\charrsid8914955  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8988470 8 July 2005
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8914955 Dates of Submissions}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8988470 :}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8914955  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8988470 22 July, 5 August and 12 August 2005
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8914955 Date of Ruling:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8914955  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid394584\charrsid8988470 16}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8988470 September 2005}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470 
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8988470 This is an Interlocutory Application by a successful Plaintiff for payment out of the fruits of a judgment in its favour while the Defendant\rquote 
s appeal against that judgment is pending in the Court of Appeal.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470 
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8988470 The Plaint
iff at the time of the judgment in its favour was a Company in liquidation but the Winding Up Order has since been permanently stayed under Section 252 of the Companies Act Cap 247 and the Company has been re-instated to the Companies\rquote  Register.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8988470 The Plaintiff does not seek payment in full.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8988470 It seeks 50% of the judgment and 50% of the costs that were awarded to it.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8988470 
I have myself made an order in this circumstances for payment of 50% of a judgment to a successful Plaintiff pending appeal with the other 50% to be paid into Court.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13119589\charrsid8988470 That course was followed also }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 by Gates J in }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 
Elsworth & Another \endash v- Yanuca Island Ltd Civil Action HBC0157 of 1997L Ruling delivered 5 June 2001}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 .}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470 
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 I have before me Affidavits in Support filed by the Plaintiff which were sworn on 25 August 2004 and 20 June 2005 together with a Supplementary Affidavit sworn on 3 August 2005.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 I have the written submissions of Counsel for both parties.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 The Third Party has taken no steps.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470 
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 The Plaintiff has an additional hurdle in this case.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 Execution of t
he judgment was stayed by an order made in this Court on 27 October 2004.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 
What the Plaintiff seeks is not just an order for payment out but an order removing and setting aside unconditionally the stay of execution.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 
The Court having already granted relief to the Defendant is now being asked to reverse its own order.
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\par The grounds put forward by Counsel for the Plaintiff in my view doe not raise any grounds on which the Court would be justified in reversing the steps it has already taken.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 The order made in the }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 Elsworth}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 
 case (above) and the order which I made in }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 Henry \endash v- Lautoka City Council}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{
\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 HBC0}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8914955 0}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 25 of 1993}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470  Ruling 30 June 2005 was done in the course of ruling on a Defendant\rquote s}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 
application for stay of execution.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 In the present case what the Plaintiff seeks is so
mething that was already open to the Court when it granted the stay o}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8914955 f execution on 27 October 2004.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6907154\charrsid8988470 
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\par As I apprehend them, the Plaintiff\rquote s grounds for seeking a similar order now are }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13373650\charrsid8988470 (1) that the Plaintiff is no longer in liquidation and is able to tra
de (2) that the Defendant is dragging its feet in prosecuting the appeal.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13373650\charrsid8988470 
As for the second ground I am satisfied that it is the Court which is causing delay in prosecution of the appeal.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13373650\charrsid8988470 
After Counsel appeared on 8 July 2005 I located without difficulty the seven tapes of recorded evidence which had been put away in a drawer after the substantive hearing.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13373650\charrsid8988470 I have since arranged for the Chief Registrar of the Court at Suva to have these tapes typed up because the Court at Lautoka has no capacity to absorb such a task.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13373650\charrsid8988470 As for the second ground, it appears to me to add very little to the merits that the Plaintiff may have in this application.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13373650\charrsid8988470 As Counsel for the Defendant points out the Plaintiff has given no indication whatever of the result of its re-instateme
nt on the Companies Register and has given no evidence at all on which to base a conclusion that any money paid to it could readily be re-paid if the Defendant\rquote s appeal succeeds.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470 
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13373650\charrsid8988470 In a case of this sort the sympathies of the Court lie strongly in the Plaintiff\rquote s favour.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13373650\charrsid8988470 That is what the authorities require.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13373650\charrsid8988470 
The Plaintiff should have its money if that can be done without rendering the appeal nugatory.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13373650\charrsid8988470 
I am not satisfied however that this would be the case and must refuse this application. 
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\par I therefore dismiss the Plaintiff\rquote s application for payment out of 50% of the judgment and costs.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13373650\charrsid8988470 
I fix costs in respect of the application for the Defendant at $500.00.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8988470 
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