King v AG Australia Holdings Limited (formerly GIO Australia Holdings Limited) [2002] FCA 1026

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

King v AG Australia Holdings Limited (formerly GIO Australia Holdings Limited) [2002] FCA 1026 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to strike out cross-claim – where liability based on allegation that cross-respondent ought to have known certain matters.

King v GIO Australia Holdings Limited (2000) 100 FCR 209 referred to Johnson Tiles Pty Ltd v Esso Australia Ltd [2000] FCA 1572 discussed Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (1991) 105 ALR 456 referred to Re New World Alliance Pty Ltd; Sycotex Pty Ltd v Baseler (1994) 122 ALR 531 referred to Pyramid Building Society (in liquidation) and others v Russell and others (Supreme Court of Victoria, 8 May 1996, unreported) referred to Pyramid Building Society (in liquidation) and others v Russell and others (Supreme Court of Victoria, 4 July 1997, unreported) referred to Johnson Tile Pty Ltd v Esso Australia Ltd (No 2) 97 FCR 175 referred to Cadoroll Pty Ltd v Allegra Corporation (Federal Court of Australia, 17 January 1994, unreported) referred to Sereika v Cardinal Financial Securities Ltd [2001] FCA 1715 referred to SHANE ROBERT KING v AG AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED (FORMERLY GIO AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LTD) (ACN 054 573 401), GRANT SAMUEL & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD (ACN 050 036 372), DAVID MORTIMER, BRUCE HOGAN, STEWART STEFFEY, RONALD ASHTON, MARINA DARLING, ANDREW KALDOR, LLOYD LANCE, DAVID O'HALLORAN AND IAN POLLARD N 955 OF 1999

MOORE J 16 AUGUST 2002

SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N955 OF 1999

BETWEEN: SHANE ROBERT KING

APPLICANT

AND: AG AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED (formerly GIO AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED)

FIRST RESPONDENT

GRANT SAMUEL & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD

SECOND RESPONDENT

DAVID MORTIMER