Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Lifeplan Australia Friendly Society Ltd v Woff [2013] FCA 906 Citation: Lifeplan Australia Friendly Society Ltd v Woff [2013] FCA 906
Parties: LIFEPLAN AUSTRALIA FRIENDLY SOCIETY LTD ACN 087 649 492 and FUNERAL PLAN MANAGEMENT PTY LTD ACN 003 769 640 v NOEL WOFF, RICHARD CORBY, FUNERAL PLANNING AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ACN 050 727 015 and ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS IN VICTORIA FRIENDLY SOCIETY LIMITED ACN 087 648 842
File number: SAD 99 of 2012
Judge: BESANKO J
Date of judgment: 6 September 2013
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Application by the fourth respondent to transfer proceedings – where applicants oppose application – where first and second respondents support application – where fourth respondent joined late in the proceeding – consideration of the location of solicitors and counsel, the conduct complained of, the witnesses and the registered offices of the businesses. Held: The fourth respondent's application be dismissed. The fourth respondent pay the applicants' costs of the application.
Legislation: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 471B Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 48 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 2.02
Cases cited: Baxendale's Vineyard Pty Ltd and Others v Geographical Indications Committee and Another (2007) 156 FCR 444 Lifeplan Australia Friendly Society Ltd v Woff [2013] FCA 613 National Mutual Holdings Pty Ltd and Others v Sentry Corporation and Another (1988) 19 FCR 155
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate