Pridmore v Magenta Nominees Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 815

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Pridmore v Magenta Nominees Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 815 BANKRUPTCY – claims of negligence against trustee – whether claims should be struck out as disclosing no reasonable cause of action – whether claims previously vested in trustee – whether claims should be dismissed for want of prosecution Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) Federal Court Rules O 7 r 1, O 20 r 2(1)

Pridmore v Magenta Nominees Pty Ltd (1999) 161 ALR 458 referred to Faulkner v Bluett (1981) 52 FLR 109 cited Re Dosanjh (1995) 56 FCR 521 cited Daemar v Industrial Commission of New South Wales (1988) 12 NSWLR 55 – 56 cited Macchia v Nilant [2001] FCA 7 referred to Watson v Healey (1996) 64 FCR 301 cited Bellin v Pattison (as Trustee) [1999] FCA 51 cited Re Gault; Gault v Law (1982) 57 FLR 165 referred to Re Cheesman; Cheesman v Waters (1997) 143 ALR 78 cited Official Receiver in Bankruptcy v Todd (1986) 70 ALR 119 cited National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd v Reynolds [2000] FCA 267 referred to Allen v Sir Alfred McAlpine & Sons Limited [1968] 2 QB 229 applied cf Brisbane South Regional Health Authority v Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541 cited Birkett v James [1978] AC 297 cited Lewandowski & Ors v Lovell (1994) 11 WAR 124 cited cf Cooper v Hopgood & Ganim (1999) 2 QDR 113 cited ANTHONY CHARLES PRIDMORE, HANS LOTHAR WITTE, MARINA PRIDMORE and RENATE WITTE v MAGENTA NOMINEES PTY LTD and HALL CHADWICK W 164 of 1998 RD NICHOLSON J 29 JUNE 2001 PERTH

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY W 164 of 1998

BETWEEN: ANTHONY CHARLES PRIDMORE

FIRST APPLICANT

HANS LOTHAR WITTE

SECOND APPLICANT

MARINA PRIDMORE

THIRD APPLICANT

RENATE WITTE

FOURTH APPLICANT

AND: MAGENTA NOMINEES PTY LTD