Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Batten v CTMS Ltd [2000] FCA 915
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - validity of representative proceedings - where group members do not make identical claims against all respondents - absence of single transaction or series of transactions - analysis of proceedings as comprising distinct applications by separate groups - availability of leave to join applications
Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 33C, 33N, 33ZG
Philip Morris (Australia) Ltd v. Nixon [2000] FCA 229 discussed
Batten v CTMS Ltd [1999] FCA 1576 cited
Wong v Silkfield Pty Ltd (1999) 165 ALR 373 cited
Bishop v. Bridgelands Securities (1990) 25 FCR 311 cited
ROBERT GEORGE BATTEN and ANTHONY WAYNE GRAHAME V CTMS LTD, FYNWEST PTY LTD, MICHAEL WELLS, PETER KILFOYLE, ALAN WILSON, PATRICK STEVEDORES NO 1 PTY LTD, PATRICK STEVEDORES NO 2 PTY LTD, PATRICK STEVEDORES NO 3 PTY LTD, NATIONAL STEVEDORING TASMANIA PTY LTD, PATRICK STEVEDORES OPERATIONS NO 2 PTY LTD, LANG CORPORATION LIMITED, STRANG PATRICK HOLDINGS PTY LTD NATIONAL STEVEDORING HOLDINGS PTY LTD, PIZEN PTY LTD, INTRAVEST PTY LTD, CUMBERLANE HOLDINGS PTY LTD, EQUITIUS PTY LTD, JAMISON EQUITY LIMITED, SERENADE PTY LTD, SCARABUS PTY LTD, PATRICK STEVEDORES HOLDINGS PTY LTD, PATRICK STEVEDORES OPERATIONS PTY LTD, CHRISTOPHER D'ARCY CORRIGAN, WILLIAM CLAYTON, ROBERT DUNN, PCS OPERATIONS PTY LTD, PCS RESOURCES PTY LTD, P & C STEVEDORES PTY LTD, DONALD GORDON MCGOUCHIE, PAUL XAVIER HOULIHAN and JAMES WILLIAM FERGUSON KIEFEL J 7 JULY 2000 BRISBANE
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY QG177 OF 1998
BETWEEN: ROBERT GEORGE BATTEN
FIRST APPLICANT
ANTHONY WAYNE GRAHAME
SECOND APPLICANT
AND: CTMS LTD
FIRST RESPONDENT
FYNWEST PTY LTD
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