Mc Kellar v Container Terminal Management Services Ltd No2 [2000] FCA 1608

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

McKellar v Container Terminal Management Services Ltd (No 2) [2000] FCA 1608 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – pleadings – application for summary dismissal of proceeding pursuant to Federal Court Rules, O 20 r 2 – whether further amended statement of claim discloses reasonable cause of action – whether proceeding frivolous or vexatious. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to strike out further amended statement of claim pursuant to Federal Court Rules, O 11 r 16 – whether further amended statement of claim discloses reasonable cause of action – whether fails to plead material facts – whether pleading has a tendency to cause prejudice or embarrassment – whether leave to replead should be granted. TRADE PRACTICES – Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) – ss 52, 53B, 75B – whether allegations adequately pleaded – whether adequate material facts pleaded. TORT – negligence – duty of care – economic loss – Stevens v Brodribb Sawmilling Pty Ltd (1986) 160 CLR 16 - Perre v Apand Pty Ltd (1999) 198 CLR 180 – whether adequate material facts pleaded – whether claim misconceived and untenable. Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 52, 53B and 75B Federal Court Rules O 11 r 16, O 20 r 2 Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia (No 3) (1998) 195 CLR 1 referred to Batten v CTMS Ltd [1999] FCA 1576 considered Batten v CTMS Ltd [2000] FCA 915 considered McKellar v Container Terminal Management Services Ltd (1999) 165 ALR 409 at 417-421, 461 referred to Maritime Union of Australia v Patrick Stevedores No 1 Pty Ltd (1998) 77 FCR 456 referred to Henjo Investments Pty Ltd v Collins Marrickville Pty Ltd (1988) 79 ALR 83 at 95 referred to Stevens v Brodribb Sawmilling Company Pty Ltd (1986) 160 CLR 16 considered Perre v Apand Pty Ltd (1999) 198 CLR 180 at 193-194, 202, 217, 218, 253, 254, 300-301, 325 considered Pyrenees Shire Council v Day (1998) 192 CLR 330 at 419-420 referred to Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 referred to General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 referred to Fancourt v Mercantile Credits Ltd (1983) 154 CLR 87 at 99 referred to Sibir v Glanville [2000] FCA 1108 referred to Bond Corporation Pty Ltd v Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd (1987) 14 FCR 193 referred to Council for the City of the Gold Coast v Pioneer Concrete (Qld) Ltd (1998) 157 ALR 135 referred to Croker v Philips Electronics Australia Limited [2000] FCA 991 referred to Elliott v Seymour [1999] FCA 976 referred to Elliott v Seymour (No 2) [2000] FCA 694 referred to