Andrews v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2011] FCA 388

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Andrews v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2011] FCA 388 Citation: Andrews v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2011] FCA 388

Parties: JOHN ANDREWS, ANGELO JULIAN SALIBA and GEOFFREY ALLAN FIELD v AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LTD (ACN 005 357 522)

File number: VID 811 of 2010

Judge: GORDON J

Date of judgment: 19 April 2011

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – representative action – application for strike-out – whether O 11 r 16 of the Federal Court Rules applies to proceedings filed in Fast Track – whether pleading is without a factual basis and an abuse of process – whether need for separate determination of questions pursuant to ss 33Z(1), 33ZF(1) and/or s 37P(2) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) and O 29 r 2 of the Federal Court Rules

Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Federal Court Rules Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875 (UK)

Cases cited: Acron Pacific Limited v Offshore Oil NL (1985) 157 CLR 514 AON Risk Services Limited v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Sydney Investment House Equities Pty Ltd (2008) 69 ACSR 1 AWA Limited v Daniels (unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Rogers CJ Comm D, 8 October 1992) BAE Systems Australia (NSW) Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation for the Commonwealth of Australia (2008) 69 ATR 567 Batistatos v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales (2006) 226 CLR 256 Betfair Pty Limited v Racing New South Wales [2010] FCAFC 133 Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding Company Limited v Don Jose Ramos Yzquierdo y Castaneda [1905] AC 6 Davis v Commonwealth of Australia (1986) 68 ALR 18 De Francesch Builders Pty Ltd v Rile [2000] WASC 301 Dorrough v Bank of Melbourne Ltd (1995) 8 ANZ Ins Cas 61-290 Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v New Garage and Motor Co Ltd [1915] AC 79 Gould, Birbeck and Bacon v Mount Oxide Mines Limited (In liquidation) (1916) 22 CLR 490 Imobilari Pty Ltd (ACN 091 464 729) v Opes Prime Stockbroking Ltd (in liq) (recs and mgrs apptd) (ACN 086 294 028) (2008) 252 ALR 41 Integral Home Loans Pty Ltd v Interstar Wholesale Finance Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 406 Interstar Wholesale Finance Pty Ltd v Integral Home Loans Pty Ltd (2008) 257 ALR 292 McDonald's Australia Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (No 2) (2008) 69 ATR 898 Nunagin Holdings Pty Ltd v Evertop Investments Pty Ltd (No 2) [2010] FCA 1228 O'Dea v Allstates Leasing System (WA) Proprietary Limited (1983) 152 CLR 359 Pacific Exchange Corporation Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2009) 180 FCR 300 Re Elders Australia Ltd; Super John Pty Ltd & Ors v Futuris Rural Pty Ltd (No 2) [1997] FCA 1501 Reading Australia Pty Ltd v Australian Mutual Provident Society (1999) 217 ALR 495 Ringrow Pty Ltd v BP Australia Pty Ltd (2005) 224 CLR 656 Rio Tinto Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2004) 55 ATR 321 Sali v SPC Ltd (1993) 67 ALJR 841 Tepko Pty Limited v Water Board (2001) 206 CLR 1 The Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National PLC & Others [2008] EWHC 875 (Comm) The Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National PLC & Others [2009] UKSC 6 The State of Queensland v JL Holdings Pty Limited (1997) 189 CLR 146 Trade Practices Commission v Pioneer Concrete (Qld) Pty Ltd (1994) 52 FCR 164 Traderight (NSW) Pty Ltd and Ors v Bank of Queensland Ltd [2008] NSWSC 543 Webster v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 Williams and Humbert Ltd v W&H Trademarks (Jersey) Ltd [1986] AC 386 WR Carpenter Holdings Pty Ltd (ACN 008 401 796) v Commissioner of Taxation (2006) 234 ALR 451 Yarra Capital Group Pty Ltd v Sklash Pty Ltd [2006] VSCA 109