Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Johnson Tiles Pty Ltd v Esso Australia Ltd [2000] FCA 212
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for leave to amend s 52 claim – whether s 52 claim untenable – whether leave to amend should be granted when the alternative claim in negligence raises similar facts – whether verifying affidavit should be ordered as a condition to the grant of leave to amend
NEGLIGENCE – duty of care – economic loss – whether contractual exclusion of liability in negligence for economic loss precludes a duty of care to avoid that loss being owed by the contracting party to a third party
Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 52
Wickstead v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1 and on appeal to the High Court (1993) 10 Leg.Rep page SL 2 - considered
Trade Practices Commission v Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd (1989) 22 FCR 305 – cited
Morton v Vouris (1996) 21 ACSR 497 - cited
Bryan v Maloney (1995) 182 CLR 609 – considered
Hill v Van Erp [1997] 188 CLR 159 – considered
McMullin v ICI Australia (1997) 72 FCR 1 – cited
Perre v Apand (1999) 164 ALR 606 - considered
Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd v The Dredge "Willemstad" (1977) 136 CLR 529 – cited
Leigh and Sillivan Ltd v Aliakman Shipping Co Ltd [1985] QB 350 – cited
Muirhead v Industrial Tank Limited [1986] QB 507 – cited
Simaan General Contracting Co v Pilkington Glass Ltd (No 2) [1988] 1 All ER 791 – cited
Pacific Associates Inc v Baxter [1990] 1 QB 993 – cited
Henderson v Merrett Syndicates Ltd [1995] 2 AC 145 – cited
White v Jones [1995] 2 AC 207 – cited
Junior Book Ltd v Veitchi Co Ltd [1983] AC 520 - cited
JOHNSON TILES PTY LTD v ESSO AUSTRALIA LTD
VG 519 OF 1998
STATE ELECTICITY COMMISSION OF VICTORIA v BHP PETROLEUM (BASS STRAIT) PTY LTD
VG 524 OF 1998
JUDGE: MERKEL J
PLACE: MELBOURNE
DATE: 3 MARCH 2000
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VG 519 of 1998
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