King v AG Australia Holdings Ltd (formerly GIO Australia Holdings Ltd) [2003] FCA 543

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

King v AG Australia Holdings Ltd (formerly GIO Australia Holdings Ltd) [2003] FCA 543 PRACTICE & PROCEDURE – particulars – level of particularity required – whether applicant required to identify how conduct would not have been misleading or deceptive - where misleading and deceptive conduct alleged. King v AG Australia Holdings (formerly GIO Australia) [2003] FCA 212 discussed McCormick v Colonial Mutual General Insurance Co Ltd (1995) 8 ANZ Ins Cas 61-262 discussed Bailey v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1977) 136 CLR 214 cited Whelan v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1988) 12 NSWLR 148 cited Millar v Harper (1888) 38 ChD 110 cited Egg & Egg Pulp Marketing Board v K H Korp Tocumal Trading Co Pty Ltd [1963] VR 378 cited L Grollo & Co Pty Ltd v Nu‑Statt Decorating Pty Ltd (1978) 34 FLR 81 cited Trade Practices Commission v CC (NSW) Pty Ltd (No 4) (1995) 58 FCR 426 cited Goldsmith v Sandilands (2002) 190 ALR 370 referred to Bruce v Odhams Press Ltd [1936] 1 KB 697 cited R v Associated Northern Collieries (1910) 11 CLR 738 cited Duke & Sons v Wisden & Co (1897) 77 LT 67 cited

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 LANGE, DAVID O'HALLORAN & IAN POLLARD

N 955 OF 1999 MOORE J 3 JUNE 2003 SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N 955 OF 1999

BETWEEN: SHANE ROBERT KING

APPLICANT

AND: AG AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LTD (formerly GIO AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LTD) (ACN 054 573 401)

FIRST RESPONDENT

CROSS CLAIMANT TO CROSS CLAIMS 1A, 1B & 1C

CROSS RESPONDENT TO CROSS CLAIMS 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A & 7A