Fuller v Toms [2012] FCA 27

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Fuller v Toms [2012] FCA 27 Citation: Fuller v Toms [2012] FCA 27

Parties: DONALD FULLER v STEPHEN NORMAN TOMS, CHARLES ERNEST BRIGHT, BRETT HEADING, PHILLIP TOYNE, AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY LIMITED, DONALD J MACKAY, STEPHEN LONIE, PETER HUGHES, NICK BURTON-TAYLOR, CHRIS ROBERTS, ARUNAS PALIULIS, ABDUL SAMAD BIN HAJI ALIAS (DATUK ABDUL SAMAD), DATO' SABRI AHMAD, DONALD GORDON MCGAUCHIE, DAVID FARLEY, J WHITEMAN, KERRY PARKER, J SLOMAN, PHILIP BEALE, DAVID R CONNOLLY, TROY SETTER, ELDERS LIMITED, STEPHEN GERLACH, LES P WOZNICZKA and MALCOLM JACKMAN

File number: WAD 322 of 2011

Judge: BARKER J

Date of judgment: 1 February 2012

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application to strike out application and statement of claim – leave to amend current originating application – leave to file a substituted statement of claim – application for legal counsel – referral certificate – substituted service

Legislation: Australian Consumer Law (Sch 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) s 18, s 18(1) Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) s 227, s 236, s 238 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 79, s 109X(2), s 180(1), s 181, s 182(1), s 183(1), s 184(1), (2) and (3), s 286(1), s 295(4), s 295A(2), s 296, s 297, s 299A(1), s 344(1), s 674(2)(c)(ii), s 1317DA, s 1317E, s 1317E(1)(ja), s 1317E(1)(jaa)-(jg), s 1317HA(1), s 1317J(3A) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 52 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) R 4.12, R 4.12(1), R 4.12(2), R 4.13, R 8.06, R 10.01, R 10.23, R 10.24, R 16.02(1)(b), R 16.02(1)(d), R 16.42, R 16.43, Div 4.2 Federal Court Rules 1974 (Cth) O 80 r 4(1) Defamation Act 2005 (Qld) Defamation Act 2005 (WA) Fair Trading Act 1989 (Qld) Fair Trading Act 2010 (WA) Limitation Act 2005 (WA) s 15 Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) s 10AA