Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
May v Vero Insurance Limited [2012] FCA 727 Citation: May v Vero Insurance Limited [2012] FCA 727
Parties: STEPHEN MAY v VERO INSURANCE LIMITED
File number: NSD 360 of 2012
Judge: COWDROY J
Date of judgment: 9 July 2012
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – claim against individual under guarantee – proceedings in District Court – individual claims guarantee invalid as reinsurance – whether these proceedings duplicate District Court proceedings – whether proceedings are vexatious or an abuse of process
Legislation: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act s 51(xiv) Commonwealth Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) s 6.1 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 180 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 26.01, 16.21 Insurance Act 1973 (Cth) ss 9, 12 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)s 52
Cases cited: Attorney General v Barker [2011] 1 FLR 759 Henry v Henry (1996) 185 CLR 571 Logan v Bank of Scotland (No 2) [1906] 1 KB 141 Moore v Inglis (1976) 9 ALR 509 Slough Estates Ltd v Slough Borough Council [1968] Ch 299
Date of hearing: 2 July 2012
Date of last submissions: 2 July 2012
Place: Sydney
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 36
Solicitor for the Applicant: The Applicant appeared in person
Counsel for the Respondent: Mr G Johnson SC with Mr D Brogan
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