Bryant, J.R. v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [1995] FCA 384

CATCHWORDS

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - The Anshun estoppel - whether applies to failure to raise a cross-claim - whether claims now made should reasonably have been raised in earlier proceedings - whether there were "special circumstances" excluding the application of the Anshun principle. ESTOPPEL - The Anshun estoppel - whether applies to failure to raise a cross-claim - whether claims now made should reasonably have been raised in earlier proceedings - whether there were "special circumstances" excluding the application of the Anshun principle. Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun (1981) 147 CLR 589 Chamberlain v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1988) 164 CLR 502 Tanning Research Laboratories Inc v O'Brien (1990) 169 CLR 332 Trawl Industries v Effem Foods Pty Ltd (1992) 36 FCR 406 Henderson v Henderson [1843] 3 Hare 100 at 115 (67 ER 313) Yat Tung Investment Co Ltd v Dao Heng Bank Ltd [1975] AC 581 Dallal v Bank Mellat [1986] QB 441 Arnold v National Westminster Bank [1990] 1 Ch 573 Rahme v The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, New South Wales Court of Appeal, unreported, 20 December 1991 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Bryant Supreme Court of New South Wales, Levine J, unreported 27 October 1993 Re Bryant: Bryant v The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Federal Court of Australia, Hill J, unreported 4 May 1994 JOSEPH RICHARD BRYANT v COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA No. NG 504 of 1994 BEAUMONT, WILCOX AND MOORE JJ SYDNEY 14 JUNE 1995

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ) ) NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY ) No. NG 504 of 1994 ) GENERAL DIVISION ) ON APPEAL FROM A JUDGE OF THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA BETWEEN: JOSEPH RICHARD BRYANT Appellant AND: COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA Respondent CORAM: BEAUMONT, WILCOX AND MOORE JJ. PLACE: SYDNEY DATE: 14 JUNE 1995