Tresize v National Australia Bank Limited [2005] FCA 1095

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Tresize v National Australia Bank Limited [2005] FCA 1095 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE ‑ application to strike out statement of claim or part thereof ‑ principal application seeks setting aside of consent judgment ‑ bases upon which consent judgment can be impugned ‑ pleading fraud ‑ pleading deceit and fraudulent misrepresentation ‑ whether statement of claim embarrassing ‑ whether fails to disclose reasonable cause of action. Federal Court Rules, O 11 r 16 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Quade (1991) 178 CLR 134 distinguished Orr v Holmes (1948) 76 CLR 632 cited Wollongong Corporation v Cowan (1955) 93 CLR 435 cited Brookfield v Yevad Products Pty Ltd [2004] FCA 1164 distinguished Spies v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1991) 24 NSWLR 691 discussed Huddersfield Banking Co Ltd v Henry Lister & Son Ltd [1895] 2 Ch 273 cited Krakowski v Eurolynx Properties Ltd (1995) 183 CLR 563 cited Harvey v Phillips (1956) 95 CLR 235 cited Derry v Peek (1889) 14 App Cas 337 cited Gould v Vaggelas (1984) 157 CLR 215 cited Compagnie Financiere et Commerciale du Pacifique v Peruvian Guano Co (1882) 11 QBD 55 cited General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 cited G Dal Pont, 'Judgments Fraudulently Obtained: The Forgotten Equity' (1995) 14 University of Tasmania Law Review 129 JOHN COLIN MAXWELL TRESIZE and REMEA PTY LTD (ACN 006 356 047) v NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED (ACN 004 044 937) and ORS VID 338 OF 2004 SUNDBERG J MELBOURNE 11 AUGUST 2005

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VID 338 OF 2004

BETWEEN: JOHN COLIN MAXWELL TRESIZE and REMEA PTY LTD (ACN 006 356 047)

APPLICANTS

AND: NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED (ACN 004 044 937)

FIRST RESPONDENT

MARTIN SAXON BROWN