Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Sunland Waterfront (BVI) Ltd v Prudentia Investments Pty Ltd (No 14) [2011] FCA 1277 Citation: Sunland Waterfront (BVI) Ltd v Prudentia Investments Pty Ltd (No 14) [2011] FCA 1277
Parties: SUNLAND WATERFRONT (BVI) LTD and SUNLAND GROUP PTY LTD ACN 063 429 532 v PRUDENTIA INVESTMENTS PTY LTD ACN 091 390 742, HANLEY INVESTMENTS PTE LTD, ANGUS JOHN LUXMOORE REED and MATTHEW JAMES JOYCE
File number: QUD 195 of 2009
Judge: LOGAN J
Date of judgment: 3 November 2011
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – cross-vesting – whether to transfer matter to State Supreme Court – consideration of principles to be applied when cross-vesting – where State Supreme Court could offer trial dates prior to contingency of imprisonment of overseas party – where no such trial dates could be offered by Federal Court – interests of justice favour cross-vesting – matter cross-vested to State Supreme Court
Legislation: Jurisdiction of Costs (Cross-Vesting) Act 1987 (Cth) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)
Cases cited: Bankinvest AG v Seabrook (1988) 14 NSWLR 711 applied BHP Billiton Ltd v Schultz (2004) 221 CLR 400 followed Joyce v Sunland Waterfront (BVI) Ltd (2011) 281 ALR 54 cited
Date of hearing: 3 November 2011
Place: Brisbane
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