Mobileworld Operating Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Limited [2006] FCA 743

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Mobileworld Operating Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Limited [2006] FCA 743 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Pleading – Application to strike out paragraphs of statement of claim – Whether no tenable claim – Application for a split trial – Whether in the interests of justice and the efficient management of the proceeding – Application to amend statement of claim – Whether particulars of loss and damage sufficient

TRADE PRACTICES – Causation – Whether allegations disclose cause of action

Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), ss 52, 82, 87 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 31A Migration Litigation Reform Act 2005 (Cth), Item 44 of Pt 2 Sch 1 Federal Court Rules, O 13 r 2,O 20 r 2

Marks v GIO Australia Holdings Ltd (1998) 196 CLR 494 referred to Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia (1992) 175 CR 514 referred to Gates v City Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd (1986) 160 CLR 1 referred to HTW Valuers (Central Queensland) Pty Ltd v Astonland Pty Ltd (2004) 217 CLR 640 referred to Henville v Walker (2001) 206 CLR 459 at 501 referred to I & L Securities Pty Ltd v HTW Valuers (Brisbane) Pty Ltd (2002) 210 CLR 109 referred to Murphy v Overton Investments Pty Ltd (2004) 216 CLR 388 discussed Walton Stores (Interstate) Limited v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387 considered Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394 referred to Giumelli v Giumelli (1998) 196 CLR 101 referred to Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 applied General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 applied Fancourt v Mercantile Credits Ltd (1983) 154 CLR 87 applied Webster v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 referred to Mobileworld Operating Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Ltd [2005] FCA 292 referred to Murphy v Overton Investments Pty Ltd (2001) 112 FCR 183 referred to Reading Australia Pty Ltd v Australian Mutual Provident Society [1999] FCA 718 referred to Olbers Co Ltd v Commonwealth (No 3) [2003] FCA 651 referred to Tepko Pty Ltd v Water Board (2001) 206 CLR 1 referred to Waterways Authority v Fitzgibbon (2005) 79 ALJR 1816 referred to Queensland v JL Holdings Pty Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 146 applied Goldsmith v Sandilands (2002) 76 ALJR 1024 referred to MOBILEWORLD OPERATING PTY LTD (ACN 090 451 433) v TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED (ACN 051 775 556), DAVID KENNETH HUNTER MOFFATT and EDWARD NOEL PRETTY VID 620 of 2004 KENNY J 15 JUNE 2006 MELBOURNE