Leawell Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Garton Smith Trust, in the matter of Watershed Premium Wines Ltd v Watershed Premium Wines Ltd (No 2) [2009] FCA 1145

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Leawell Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Garton Smith Trust, in the matter of Watershed Premium Wines Ltd v Watershed Premium Wines Ltd (No 2) [2009] FCA 1145

CORPORATIONS – application to strike out paragraphs of substituted statement of claim – whether paragraphs failed to disclose a cause of action – application granted with liberty to the applicants to replead. Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 79, s 199A, s 199A(2)(c), s 199A(3), s 199A(4), s 208, s 208(1), s 209(2), s 211, s 212, s 212(2), s 212(2)(c)(ii), s 213, s 213(1), 212(3), s 214, s 215, s 216, s 228 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 75B Federal Court Rules (Cth) O 11, r 16(a) Adsteam Building Industries Pty Ltd v Queensland Cement and Lime Co Ltd (No 4) [1985] 1 Qd R 127 Asic v Adler (2002) 42 ACSR 74 Australian Wool Innovation Ltd v Newkirk [2005] FCA 290 Avel Pty Ltd v Multicoin Amusements Pty Ltd (1990) 171 CLR 88 Forge v ASIC (2004) 213 ALR 574 Kennedy v Sykes (1992) 24 ATR 546 Lumley v Gye (1853) 118 ER 749 O'Brian v Dawson (1941) 41 SR(NSW) 295 Orrong Strategies Pty Ltd v Village Roadshow Ltd (2007) 207 FLR 245 Randall v Aristocrat Leisure Ltd [2004] NSWSC 411 Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty Ltd (2000) 177 ALR 231 Said v Butt (1920) 3 KB 497 Sheiman Ultrasonic Research Foundation Pty Ltd v Novapharm Research (Australia) Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 770 Vines v Djordjevitch (1955) 91 CLR 512 Westchester Pty Ltd v Triton Resources Ltd [2001] WASC 57 Yorke v Lucas (1985) 158 CLR 661 IN THE MATTER OF WATERSHED PREMIUM WINES LTD (ACN 089 812 591) LEAWELL PTY LTD (ACN 008 988 789) AS TRUSTEE FOR THE GARTON SMITH TRUST AND OTHERS, LAURENCE FACTOR and LAURENCE FACTOR AS TRUSTEE FOR THE FACTOR FAMILY TRUST NO 1 v WATERSHED PREMIUM WINES LTD (ACN 089 812 591), GEOFFREY THOMAS BARRETT, DR RICHARD ERNST HILL (AS DIRECTOR), RONALD GEORGE MARTIN, PETER CHARLES SARTORI, BRETT ROBINS, KENTRO PTY LTD (ACN 009 052 895) AS TRUSTEE FOR THE OMNIUM INVESTMENTS SUPERANNUATION FUND, KENTRO PTY LTD (ACN 009 052 895) AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RICHARD HILL FAMILY ACCOUNT, DR RICHARD ERNST HILL (AS SHAREHOLDER), GREGORY PAUL MARTIN AND GLENN LINDSAY MARTIN and SHADMAR PTY LTD (ACN 009 006 366)