Milfull, Terence John v Terranora Lakes Country Club Ltd & Ors [1998] FCA 685

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - representative action - whether to order discontinuance of proceeding as representative action - whether proceeding an efficient and effective means of dealing with claims of group members Federal Court Act 1976 s 33N, 33C, 33Q, 33Z, 33ZB Trade Practices Act 1976 s 52,53 Zhang v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1993) 45 FCR 384 Appl Connell and Others v Nevada Financial Group Pty Limited and Others (1996) 139 ALR 723 Refd Wong v Silkfield Pty Ltd (1998) ATPR ¶41-613 Appl Terence John Milfull v Terranora Lakes Country Club Limited and Ernest George Harris and Wilson Joseph Wilde and Thomas Evan Dooker, James George Evans, Daphne Peral Foster, James Kevin Lynch, John William Haddow, John Francis Makepeace, John William Chester, Harry Edmundson, Peter Thomas Jones, Stephen Amos, Alan McGregor, Leonard Johnston, James Railey Lawrie, Charles Ronald Swain, Lawrence James Kellett, Peter Martin McDowell and William Armitage Coe and Coopers & Lybrand (a Partnership) & Coopers & Lybrand (Securities) Limited No QG 131 of 1995 Kiefel J Brisbane 16 June 1998

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY QG 131 of 1995

BETWEEN: TERENCE JOHN MILFULL

Applicant

AND: TERRANORA LAKES COUNTRY CLUB LIMITED

First Respondent

ERNEST GEORGE HARRIS and WILSON JOSEPH WILDE

Second Respondents

ALAN JACK PANTLIN, IAN KELLETT COOK and BARBARA ECKHARDT

Third Respondents

THOMAS EVAN DOOKER, JAMES GEORGE EVANS, DAPHNE PERAL FOSTER, JAMES KEVIN LYNCH, JOHN WILLIAM HADDOW, JOHN FRANCIS MAKEPEACE, JOHN WILLIAM CHESHER, HARRY EDMUNDSON, PETER THOMAS JONES, STEPHEN AMOS, ALAN McGREGOR, LEONARD JOHNSTON, JAMES RAILEY LAWRIE, CHARLES RONALD SWAIN, LAWRENCE JAMES KELLETT, PETER MARTIN McDOWELL and WILLIAM ARMITAGE COE