J H Fenner & Co Ltd & Anor v Gulf Conveyor Systems Pty Ltd & Ors [1998] FCA 914

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

practice and procedure – application to set aside orders dismissing application for interlocutory injunctiverelief – orders not entered – application based, in part, on joinder of party after interlocutory judgment given – attempt to relitigate issues raised at interlocutory hearing – whether material change in circumstances brought about by joinder of third applicant – whether costs should be ordered on an indemnity basis.

Federal Court Rules O35 r7(1)

Brimaud v Honeysett Instant Print Pty Ltd (unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 19 September 1988)

Doherty v Allman (1878) 3 App Cas 719

Colgate Palmolive Company v Cussons Pty Ltd (1993) 46 FCR 225

J H FENNER & CO LIMITED, TURNER BELTING LIMITED v GULF CONVEYOR SYSTEMS PTY LTD, SOUTHERN CONVEYOR ALLIANCE PTY LTD, PIT TOP MINING PTY LIMITED T/AS PITTOP, COLIN WILLIAM BENJAMIN, DONNA LEE BENJAMIN, GEOFFREY EDWARD HAMMOND, RONALD PETER JAMES SLATTERY, STEPHEN O'DONNELL NG 550 of 1998 MOORE J 4 AUGUST 1998 SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NG550 of 1998

BETWEEN: J H FENNER & CO LIMITED

First Applicant

TURNER BELTING LIMITED

Second Applicant

AND: GULF CONVEYOR SYSTEMS PTY LTD

First Respondent

SOUTHERN CONVEYOR ALLIANCE PTY LTD

Second Respondent

PIT TOP MINING PTY LIMITED T/AS PITTOP

Third Respondent

COLIN WILLIAM BENJAMIN

Fourth Respondent

DONNA LEE BENJAMIN

Fifth Respondent

GEOFFREY EDWARD HAMMOND

Sixth Respondent

RONALD PETER JAMES SLATTERY