Milfull v Terranora Lakes Country Club Limited (In Liquidation) [2004] FCA 1637

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Milfull v Terranora Lakes Country Club Limited (In Liquidation) [2004] FCA 1637 PROCEDURE – security for costs – representative proceedings – whether fact that proceeding is brought for the benefit of others is a significant consideration in determining whether security should be ordered – operation of s 43(1A) and s 33ZG(c)(v) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) – where delay in bringing application for security for costs – whether would be inappropriate to order security for costs due to length of delay in bringing application for security

Statutes Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth),ss 43(1A), 56(1), 33ZG(c)(v)

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TERENCE JOHN MILFULL v TERRANORA LAKES COUNTRY CLUB LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) ACN 000 467 354, ERNEST GEORGE HARRIS AND WILSON JOSEPH WILDE, ALAN JACK PANTLIN, IAN KELLETT COOK AND BARBARA ECKHARDT, THOMAS EVAN DOOKER, JAMES GEORGE EVANS, DAPHNE PEARL FOSTER, JAMES KEVIN LYNCH, JOHN WILLIAM HADDOW, JOHN FRANCIS MAKEPEACE, JOHN WILLIAM CHESHER, HARRY EDMUNDSON, PETER THOMAS JONES, STEPHEN AMOS, ALAN MCGREGOR, LEONARD JOHNSTON, JAMES RAILEY LAWRIE, CHARLES RONALD SWAIN, LAWRENCE JAMES KELLETT, PETER MARTIN MCDOWELL AND WILLIAM ARMITAGE COE, COOPERS & LYBRAND (A PARTNERSHIP) QG131 of 1995 KIEFEL J BRISBANE 14 DECEMBER 2004

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY QG131 OF 1995