Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Federal Treasury Enterprise (FKP) Sojuzplodoimport v Spirits International BV [2024] FCAFC 152 Appeal from: Federal Treasury Enterprise (FKP) Sojuzplodoimport v Spirits International BV [2024] FCA 223
File number: NSD 532 of 2024
Judgment of: MARKOVIC, ROFE AND JACKMAN JJ
Date of judgment: 21 November 2024
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for leave to appeal – whether decision to be appeal attended with sufficient doubt to warrant its reconsideration on appeal – whether, if decision is wrong, substantial injustice would result if leave were refused – leave to appeal refused PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to strike out certain paragraphs of respondent's defence – whether paragraphs fail to disclose a reasonable defence – application to amend defence – whether proposed amendments legally viable ESTOPPEL – whether primary judge erred in finding that respondent sought to raise a defence of estoppel by representation in circumstances where the estoppel defences raised were "estoppel by conduct" and "equitable promissory estoppel" – whether it is necessary for pleadings of estoppel by representation and equitable promissory estoppel to identify a pre-existing or postulated relationship between the parties EQUITY – laches defence – whether allegation of "acquiescence" implies knowledge – whether actual knowledge of wrong is a necessary element
Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 16.02(1)(d)
Cases cited: ACN 074 971 109 Pty Ltd (as Trustee for the Argot Unit Trust) v The National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd [2008] VSCA 247; (2008) 21 VR 351 Ashton v Pratt [2015] NSWCA 12; (2015) 88 NSWLR 281 Byrnes v Kendle [2011] HCA 26; (2011) 243 CLR 253 Carbone (as trustee for the S&N Carbone Family Trust) v Mills [2019] NSWCA 15 Comalco Aluminium Ltd v Ohtsu Tyre & Rubber Company (Aust) Pty Ltd (1983) 8 ACLR 330 Crawley v Short [2009] NSWCA 410; (2009) 262 ALR 654 DĂ©cor Corporation Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc [1991] FCA 844; (1991) 33 FCR 397 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 DHJPM Pty Ltd v Blackthorn Resources Limited [2011] NSWCA 348; (2011) 83 NSWLR 728 Doueihi v Construction Technologies Australia Pty Ltd [2016] NSWCA 105; (2016) 92 NSWLR 247 Fysh v Page (1956) 96 CLR 233 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Hammond v JP Morgan Trust Australia Ltd [2012] NSWCA 295 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Imobilari Pty Ltd v Opes Prime Stockbroking Limited [2008] FCA 1920; (2008) 252 ALR 41 Lindsay Petroleum Company v Hurd (1874) LR 5 PC 221 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Rush [2018] FCAFC 70 Orr v Ford (1989) 167 CLR 316 Saleh v Romanous [2010] NSWCA 274; (2010) 79 NSWLR 453 Slade v Brose [2024] NSWCA 197 The Owners-Strata Plan No 84674 v Pafburn Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 301; (2023) 113 NSWLR 105 Thompson v Palmer (1933) 49 CLR 507 Twigg v Twigg [2022] NSWCA 68; (2022) 402 ALR 119 Van Dyke v Sidhu [2013] NSWCA 198; (2013) 301 ALR 769 Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387 Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531 Handley KR, Estoppel by Conduct and Election (2nd ed, Sweet & Maxwell, 2006) Keane P, Estoppel by Conduct and Election (3rd ed, Sweet & Maxwell, 2016)
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