Lean v Tumut River Orchard Management Limited [2004] FCA 1670

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Lean v Tumut River Orchard Management Limited [2004] FCA 1670 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – costs – proceeding discontinued by consent – principles governing exercise of discretion to award costs – whether conduct of parties in the circumstances reasonable – relevance of first respondent's status as company in liquidation Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 33V(1), 33ZF, 43

FAIRA Aboriginal Corporation v Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs [2002] FCA 9 cited Fashion Warehouse Pty Ltd v Pola [1984] 1 Qd R 251 cited Garwolin Nominees Pty Ltd v Statewide Building Society [1984] VR 469 cited Gates v City Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd (1986) 160 CLR 1 cited Gribbles Pathology Pty Ltd v Health Insurance Commission (1997) 80 FCR 284 cited Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd v Fels (2002) ATPR 41-852 cited Lean v Tumut River Orchard Management Ltd [2003] FCA 269 cited Leghaei v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 1118 cited Marks v GIO Australia Holdings Ltd (1996) 63 FCR 304 cited Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs, Re; Ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622 applied O'Neill v Mann [2000] FCA 1680 cited Tasmanian Conservation Trust Inc v Minister for Environment and Heritage [2004] FCA 883 cited GRAEME TREVOR LEAN v TUMUT RIVER ORCHARD MANAGEMENT LIMITED, H P MERCANTILE PTY LTD and RRKM PTY LTD WAG 329 of 2002 RD NICHOLSON J 17 DECEMBER 2004 PERTH

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY WAG 329 OF 2002

BETWEEN: GRAEME TREVOR LEAN

APPLICANT

AND: TUMUT RIVER ORCHARD MANAGEMENT LIMITED

(ACN 003 501 611)

FIRST RESPONDENT

H P MERCANTILE PTY LIMITED

(ACN 067 362 877)

SECOND RESPONDENT