Batten v Container Terminal Management Services Limited [2001] FCA 1493

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Batten v Container Terminal Management Services Limited [2001] FCA 1493 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - representative proceedings - whether common issues of law or fact - whether common issues substantial - whether representations substantially the same - issues of reliance - accessorial liability - relevant factors when considering whether representative proceedings appropriate

Statutes Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 33C, 33N

Cases Hunter Valley Community Investments Pty Ltd v Bell (2001) 37 ACSR 326 Considered King v GIO Australia Holdings Ltd (2000) 100 FCR 209 Referred to Murphy v Overton Investments Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1123 Referred to Philip Morris (Australia) Ltd v Nixon (2000) 170 ALR 487 Cited Silkfield v Wong (1998) 159 ALR 329 Referred to Wong v Silkfield (1999) 199 CLR 255 Applied ROBERT GEORGE BATTEN v CONTAINER TERMINAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED, FYNWEST PTY LTD, MICHAEL WELLS, PETER KILFOYLE, 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, PLZEN 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 QG 177 of 1998 AND ANTHONY WAYNE GRAHAME v LANG CORPORATION LIMITED, CHRISTOPHER D'ARCY CORRIGAN, PCS OPERATIONS PTY LTD, PSC RESOURCES PTY LTD, P AND C STEVEDORES PTY LTD, DONALD GORDON McGAUCHIE, PAUL XAVIER HOULIHAN and JAMES WILLIAM FERGUSON

Q132 of 2000

KIEFEL J

22 OCTOBER 2001

BRISBANE

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA