Aust-Pol Engineering Pty Ltd v Australian Maritime Safety Authority & Ors [1998] FCA 1198

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE and PLEADING – guillotine or self-executing order – order made by consent – discretion of court to extend time so as to avoid the effect of the self-executing order – relevance of the fact that the order was made by consent – defective pleading – pleading of conclusions without the facts warranting those conclusions – pleading lacking reasonable particularity – pleading embarrassing – pleading of fraud.

Federal Court Rules, Order 3 r 3

FAI General Insurance Company Limited v Southern Cross Exploration N.L. (1988) 165 CLR 268, applied

Fisher v Rural Adjustment & Finance Corporation of Western Australia (1995) 57 FCR 1, applied

Caledonian Collieries Limited v Speirs (1957) 97 CLR 202, referred to

X (Minors) v Bedfordshire County Council [1995] 2 AC 633, referred to

Northern Territory of Australia v Mengel (1995) 185 CLR 307, applied

Hughes Aircraft Systems International v Airservices Australia (1997) 76 FCR 151, referred to

Pratt Contractors Ltd v Palmerston North City Council [1995] 1 NZLR 469, referred to

Banque Commerciale S.A., En Liquidation v Akhil Holdings Limited (1990) 169 CLR 279, applied

Pancontinental Mining Ltd v Posgold Investments Pty Ltd (1994) 121 ALR 405, applied

Johnstone v Casual Life Furniture Pty Ltd (Tamberlin J, unreported, 24 November 1997), applied

H 1976 Nominees Pty Ltd v Galli (1979) 30 ALR 181, applied

Multigroup Distribution Services Pty Limited v TNT Australia Pty Limited [1996] ATPR 42,677, applied

Mitanis v Pioneer Concrete (Vic) Pty Ltd [1997] ATPR 44,147, applied

E I Du Pont de Nemours & Co v Commissioner of Patents (1987) 16 FCR 423, discussed

J L Holdings Pty Ltd v State of Queensland (1996) 71 FCR 545, discussed

Chanel Ltd v F W Woolworth & Co Ltd [1981] 1 WLR 485, discussed

R D Werner & Co Inc v Bailey Aluminium Products Pty Ltd (1988) 18 FCR 389, discussed