Porter v OAMPS Ltd [2005] FCA 232

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Porter v OAMPS Ltd [2005] FCA 232 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – pleadings – application for leave to amend statement of claim – application to strike out, set aside or vary statement of claim – application to dismiss proceedings or claim – whether cause of action is tenable or arguable – whether the statement of claim should be struck out – whether the applicant should be granted leave to amend or re‑plead. Federal Court Rules: O 11 r 16, O 13, O 20 r 2 Corporations Act 1989 (Vic): ss 205, 615, 737, 1324, 1325A(1) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth): ss 1324, 1401 Commonwealth Constitution: ss 75, 76 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125, applied Spotwire Pty Ltd v Visa International Services Inc (2003) ATPR 41‑949, cited Dare v Pulham (1982) 148 CLR 658, cited BanqueCommercialeSAenLiquidationv Akhil Holdings Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 279, referred to Bass v Permanent Trustee Co Ltd (1999) 198 CLR 334, referred to Davis v Gell (1924) 35 CLR 275, referred to Gregory v Portsmouth City Council [2000] 1AC 419, referred to Pandit Gaya Parshad Tewari v Sardar Bhagat Singh (1908) 24 TLR 884, referred to Martin v Watson [1996] 1 AC 74, referred to Commonwealth Life Assurance Society Ltd v Brain (1935) 53 CLR 343, cited Cabassi v Vila (1940) 64 CLR 130, cited Darker v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police [2001] 1 AC 435, referred to Hillman v Black (1996) 67 SASR 490, referred to Skrijel v Mengler [2003] VSC 270, referred to New Zealand Guardian TrustCoLtd v Kenneth Steward Brooks [1995] 1 WLR 96, referred to Kuwait Asia Bank EC v National Mutual Life Ltd [1991] 1 AC 187, referred to Little v The Law Institute of Victoria [1990] VR 257, referred to Speed Seal Products Ltd v Paddington [1985] 1 WLR 1327, referred to Metall und Rohstoff AG v Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Inc [1990] 1 QB 391, referred to Jamieson v The Queen (1993) 177 CLR 574, referred to Spautz v Gibbs (1990) 21 NSWLR 230, referred to Williams v Hursey (1959) 103 CLR 30, referred to Latham v Singleton (1981) 2 NSWLR 843, referred to McKellar v Container Terminal Management Services Ltd (1999) 165 ALR 409, applied Pancontinental Mining Ltd v Posgold Investments Pty Ltd (1994) 121 ALR 405, referred to Maritime Union of Australia v Geraldton Port Authority (1999) 165 ALR 67, referred to Executor Trustee Australia Ltd v Deloitte Haskins & Sells (1996) 135 FLR 314;(1996) 22 ACSR 270, applied Waterhouse v Waterhouse (1999) 46 NSWLR 449, applied Artistic Builders Pty Ltd v Elliot & Tuthill (Mortgages) Pty Ltd (2002) 10 BPR 19,565; [2002] NSWSC 16, applied GE Capital Australia v Davis (2002) 180 FLR 250, applied Maxwell v Murphy (1957) 96 CLR 261, referred to Australian Securities & Investments Commission v Plymin (2003) 175 FLR 124, referred to Shum Yip Properties Development Ltd v Chatswood Investment & Development Co Pty Ltd (2002) 166 FLR 451; 40 ACSR 619, referred to Concrete Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd v Nelson (1990) 169 CLR 594, referred to Barto v GPR Management Services Pty Ltd (1991) 33 FCR 389, referred to Orison Pty Ltd v Strategic Minerals Corporation NL (1987) 77 ALR 141, referred to Yorke v Lucas (1985) 158 CLR 661, referred to Tampion v Anderson [1973] VR 715, referred to Northern Territory v Mengel (1995) 185 CLR 307, referred to Sanders v Snell (1998) 196 CLR 329, cited Racz v Home Office [1994] 2 AC 45, referred to Kuddus v Chief Constable of Leicestershire [2002] 2 AC 122, referred to Homestead Award WinningHomesPty Ltd v South Australia(1997) 72 SASR 299, referred to Byrne v Australian Airlines (1995) 185 CLR 410, referred to Crimmins v Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee (1999) 200 CLR 1, referred to Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council (1982) 149 CLR 672, referred to Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1989] AC 53, referred to Calveley v Chief Constable of the Merseyside Police [1989] AC 1228, referred to Elguzouli‑Daf v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [1995] QB 335, referred to Grimwade v State of Victoria (1997) 90 A Crim R 526, referred to Wilson v State of New South Wales (2001) 53 NSWLR 407, referred to Cran v State of New South Wales [2004] NSWCA 92, referred to Costello v Chief Constable of the Northumbria Police [1999] 1 All ER 550, referred to Turner v Bulletin Newspaper Company Pty Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 69, referred to East West Airlines (Operations) Ltd v Commonwealth (1983) 49 ALR 323, referred to S Kneebone, "Misfeasance in a Public Office after Mengel's Case: A Special Tort no More" (1996) 4 Tort Law Review 111 T Cockburn & M Thomas, "Personal Liability of Public Officers in the Tort of Misfeasance in Public Office" (2001) 9 Torts Law Journal 80 and 245 P Finn, "Public Officers: Some Personal Liabilities" (1977) 51 Australian Law Journal 313 K Stanton, "New Forms of the Tort of Breach of Statutory Duty" (2004) 120 Law Quarterly Review 324 ROBERT ARTHUR PORTER v OAMPS LTD, KINGSLEY CLIVE LAMONT, BRIAN MARK AUSTIN, MARK GEOFFREY WINDEBANK, DUNCAN WILLIAM SCOTT GLASGOW, CRAIG ALAN HARRIS, PETER FREDRICK SHARKEY, RODNEY STEPHEN ADLER, MICHAEL RICHARD HUGHES and AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION VID 3214 of 2002 GOLDBERG J MELBOURNE 11 MARCH 2005