Flower & Hart v White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 370

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Flower & Hart v White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 370 INTEREST – interest on costs – exercise of a statutory power to award costs – whether s 43 of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) authorizes the award of interest upon costs – whether s 51A of the Act authorizes the award of interest upon an order for costs made pursuant to s 43 of the Act – whether an application pursuant to s 43 is a "cause of action" for the purposes of s 51A – calculation of interest TORTS – abuse of process – whether there is a claim for damages arising from the tort of abuse of process – interest as damages – whether there is a claim for damages for the purposes of s 51A of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), ss 43, 51A, 52 Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld), s 10

Caboolture Park Shopping Centre Pty Ltd (in liq) v White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd (1993) 45 FCR 224 cited White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd v Flower & Hart (a firm) (1998) 156 ALR 169 discussed Re Bendeich (No 2) (1994) 53 FCR 422 cited Flower & Hart (a firm) v White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd (1999) 87 FCR 134 cited Commonwealth of Australia v SCI Operations Pty Ltd (1998) 192 CLR 285 distinguished Hanrahan v Ainsworth (1985) 1 NSWLR 370 applied Quartz Hill Consolidated Gold Mining Co v Eyre (1883) 11 QBD 674 cited Berry v British Transport Commission [1962] 1 QB 306 cited Coleman v Buckingham's Ltd (1963) 63 SR(NSW) 171 cited QIW Retailers Limited v Felview Pty Ltd [1989] 2 QdR 245 cited Wardley Australia Ltd v State of Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 considered McWilliams Wines Pty Ltd v Liaweena (NSW) Pty Ltd (1993) 32 NSWLR 190 referred to AWA Limited v Daniels (Rogers J, 19 April 1993, unreported) referred to South Australian Superannuation Fund Investment Trust v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (1996) 66 SASR 509 referred to Nykredit Mortgage Bank PLC v Edward Erdman Group Ltd No 2 [1997] 1 WLR 1627 referred to Hungerfords v Walker (1990) 171 CLR 125 distinguished Andrews v Barnes (1888) 39 ChD 133 referred to Dipple v Dipple [1942] P 65 referred to Re Hawke (Deceased) [1957] NZLR 152 distinguished State of Western Australia v Wardley Australia Ltd (1991) 102 ALR 213 referred to Wardley Australia Ltd v State of Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 referred to Torrens Aloha Pty Ltd v Citibank NA (1997) 144 ALR 89 referred to Boylan v Farthing (1999) 86 FCR 120 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Langman v Handover (1929) 43 CLR 334 cited Forster v Jododex Australia Pty Ltd (1972) 127 CLR 421 cited Sugden v Sugden [1957] P 120 referred to Ingles v Gould [1993] 2 QdR 250 referred to Snell Snell's Equity 29th ed 1990 at p 28 Meagher et al Equity Doctrines and Remedies 3rd ed at p 68 FLOWER & HART (A FIRM) v WHITE INDUSTRIES (QLD) PTY LTD Q 104 OF 2000 DRUMMOND, DOWSETT & HELY JJ 4 APRIL 2001 BRISBANE