Philip Morris (Australia) Ltd v Nixon [1999] FCA 1281

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Philip Morris (Australia) Ltd v Nixon [1999] FCA 1281

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for stay – advertisement in representative proceedings – Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), Part IVA – whether order for advertisement should be stayed Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), Part IVA Alexander v Cambridge Credit Corporation Ltd (1985) 2 NSWLR 685, cited Jennings Constructions Ltd v Burgundy Royale Investments Pty Ltd (1986) 161 CLR 681, cited Powerflex Services Pty Ltd v Data Access Corporation (1996) 67 FCR 65, cited Johnson Tiles Pty Ltd v Esso Australia Ltd (1999) ATPR 41-696, cited

PHILIP MORRIS (AUSTRALIA) LTD & ORS v MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER NIXON & ORS N 326 OF 1999 JUDGE: SACKVILLE , HELY & GYLES JJ PLACE: SYDNEY DATE: 14 SEPTEMBER 1999

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N326 OF 1999

BETWEEN: PHILIP MORRIS (AUSTRALIA) LTD (ACN 004 316 901) and PHILIP MORRIS LTD (ACN 004 694 428)

First Applicants

AND: w d & h o wills holdings ltd (aCn 003 763 291) and W D & H O WILLS (AUSTRALIA) LTD (ACN 004 069 649)

Second Applicants

AND: rothmans holdings ltd (acn 002 717 160) AND

rothmans of pall mall (australia) ltd (acn 000 151 100)

Third Applicants

AND: Michael Christopher Nixon, Alex Talay, Robert Milne, Victor Bruce Williams, Sandra Shephard and Gregory Durkin (for themselves and as representing the persons referred to in paragraph 1 of the Statement of Claim)

Respondents

JUDGES: SACKVILLE, HELY & GYLES JJ

DATE OF ORDER: 14 SEPTEMBER 1999

WHERE MADE: SYDNEY

THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. Orders 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the orders made by Wilcox J on 1 September 1999 be stayed pending determination of the applications for leave to appeal and (should leave be granted) of the appeals herein.