Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers Pty Ltd v ICICI Bank Ltd [2013] FCA 175 Citation: Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers Pty Ltd v ICICI Bank Ltd [2013] FCA 175
Parties: PERDAMAN CHEMICALS AND FERTILISERS PTY LTD (ACN 121 263 741) v ICICI BANK LTD
File number: WAD 1 of 2013
Judge: MCKERRACHER J
Date of judgment: 6 March 2013
Catchwords: TRADE PRACTICES – unconscionable conduct – whether the applicant had established a prima facie case of unconscionable conduct and tortious interference in contractual relations by foreign financier in Australia – whether unconscionable conduct pleaded with sufficient particularity PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – service out of the jurisdiction – related proceedings in the Supreme Court of Western Australia – whether application for leave to serve defendants' financier out of the jurisdiction should be granted – defendants in the Supreme Court proceeding sought leave to intervene in opposition to the application for service out – interveners argued the applicant's pleading grounding the Federal Court jurisdiction was colourable
Legislation: Australian Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Sch 2, s 20 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 9.12, 10.42, 10.43
Cases cited: Astram Financial Services Pty Ltd v Bank of Queensland Ltd [2010] FCA 1010 Attorney General (NSW) v World Best Holdings Ltd (2005) 63 NSWLR 557 Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Allphones Retail Pty Ltd (No 2) (2009) 253 ALR 324 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v CG Berbatis Holdings Pty Ltd (2003) 214 CLR 51 Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Samton Holdings Pty Ltd (2000) ATPR 41-791 Bray v F Hoffman-La Roche Ltd (2002) 118 FCR 1 Bray v F Hoffman-La Roche Ltd (2003) 130 FCR 317 Burt v Australian and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (1994) ATPR (Digest) 46–123 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 Ho v Akai Pty Ltd (in liquidation) (2006) 24 ACLC 1,526 Hurley v McDonald's Australia Ltd (2000) ATPR 41–741 Kent v Lechmere Financial Corporation [2002] WASC 75 Lopwell Pty Ltd v Clarke [2009] NSWCA 165 Perdaman Chemicals & Fertilisers v Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 1425 Perdaman Chemicals & Fertilisers Pty Ltd v The Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Ltd [2011] WASC 188 Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers Pty Ltd v The Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Ltd (No 3) [2011] WASCA 203 Rock Solid Surfaces Pty Ltd v Biesse Group (Australia) Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 42 Western Australia v Vetter Trittler Pty Ltd (in liq) (1993) 30 FCR 102
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