Southern Cross Airlines Holdings Ltd v Arthur Andersen & Co (A Firm) & Ors [1998] FCA 477

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Application to set aside service of cross-claim outside Australia unsuccessful on basis of no prima facie right to relief claimed - whether such finding entitles respondents to order that the originating process be set aside on same basis.

Federal Court Rules O 5 r 8, O8 r 2, O 9 r 7 Cell Tech Communications Pty Ltd v Nokia Mobile Phones (UK) Ltd (1994) 58 FCR 365 Amust Computer Corporation Pty Ltd & Ors v Australia Entre Business Centres Pty Ltd (1987) 9 ATPR 40-829 Tycoon Holdings Ltd v Trencor Jetco Inc (1992) 34 FCR 31 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRLINES HOLDINGS LIMITED v ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO (A FIRM), SIR LEO HIELSCHER, BRIAN HARVEY BADEN POWELL, LEONARD THOMAS GEORGE HEARD, DAME MARGARET GEORGINA CONSTANCE GUILFOYLE, LEIGH MASEL, DAVID SAMUEL COATS, JAMES GRAHAM AMBROSE TUCKER AND GEOFFREY ARTHUR COHEN BY ORIGINAL ACTION AND ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO (A FIRM) v SIR LEO HIELSCHER, BRIAN HARVEY BADEN POWELL, LEONARD THOMAS GEORGE HEARD, DAME MARGARET GEORGINA CONSTANCE GUILFOYLE, LEIGH MASEL, DAVID SAMUEL COATS, JAMES GRAHAM AMBROSE TUCKER, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION, GLEDHILL BURRIDGE & CATHRO, THE APOGEE FINANCE GROUP INC, GPA GROUP PLC, TYROLEAN LIMITED AND IRISH AEROSPACE LIMITED BY CROSS-CLAIM No QG 170 of 1996 COOPER J BRISBANE 7 MAY 1998

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY QG 170 of 1996

BETWEEN: SOUTHERN CROSS AIRLINES HOLDINGS LIMITED

Applicant

AND: ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO (A FIRM)

BETWEEN: First Respondent

AND: SIR LEO HIELSCHER

Second Respondent

BRIAN HARVEY BADEN POWELL

Third Respondent

LEONARD THOMAS GEORGE HEARD

Fourth Respondent

DAME MARGARET GEORGINA CONSTANCE GUILFOYLE

Fifth Respondent

LEIGH MASEL

Sixth Respondent