BWK Elders Australia Pty Ltd v Westgate Wool Company Pty Ltd & Ors (No.2) [2002] FCA 87

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

BWK Elders Australia Pty Ltd v Westgate Wool Company Pty Ltd & Ors (No.2) [2002] FCA 87

PRACTICE & PROCEDURE – pleadings – adequacy of pleadings – whether pleadings disclose cause of action – whether pleadings have tendency to cause prejudice, embarrassment or delay in the proceeding.

Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 52, 53, 58 75B, 78B, 82 Federal Court Rules, O 11 r 16

Banque Commerciale SA en Liquidation v Akhil Holdings Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 279 – referred to Bartlett v Swan Television & Radio Broadcasters Pty Ltd (1995) 17 ATPR 41-434 – referred to Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (1991) 105 ALR 456 – referred to Bond Corp. Pty Ltd v Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd (1987) 14 FCR 215 – referred to Compaq Computer Australia Pty Ltd v Merry (1998) 157 ALR 1 – applied Council for the City of the Gold Coast v Pioneer Concrete (Qld) Pty Ltd (1998) 157 ALR 135 – referred to Dare v Pulham (1982) 148 CLR 658 – referred to General Steel Industries Inc. v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 – referred to Kernel Holdings Pty Ltd v Rothmans of Pall Mall (Australia) Pty Ltd (Federal Court, 3 September 1991, unreported) – referred to King v GIO Australia Holdings Ltd [2001] FCA 308 – referred to Murex Diagnostics Australia Pty Ltd v Chiron Corporation (1995) 55 FCR 194 – referred to Pancontinental Mining Ltd v Posgold Investments Pty Ltd (1994) 121 ALR 405 - applied BWK ELDERS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 000 320 794) v WESTGATE WOOL COMPANY PTY LTD (ACN 007 387 902) and PETER JOSEPH ANDERSON, MATT ILMARI KAINE and GRAEME JOHN MOYLE (NO.2) AND BETWEEN WESTGATE WOOL COMPANY PTY LTD (ACN 007 387 902) and PETER JOSEPH ANDERSON and MATT ILMARIE KAINE and GRAEME JOHN MOYLE and BWK ELDERS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD (ACN 000 320 794) S.105 of 2001 MANSFIELD J 12 FEBRUARY 2002 ADELAIDE