Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Hodges v Waters (No 3) [2014] FCA 233 Citation: Hodges v Waters (No 3) [2014] FCA 233
Parties: CHARLES HODGES & MARK HODGES AS TRUSTEES OF THE CHARLES HODGES SUPERANNUATION FUND v ANDREA JANE WATERS, KPMG, WELLINGTON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED, OCTAVIAR LIMITED (ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED), GUY HUTCHINGS, JOHN ARTHUR WHATELEY, JACK SIMON DIAMOND, CRAIG ROBERT WHITE, DEBORAH BEALE, STEVEN KRIS KYLING, STUART ROBERTSON PRICE, MICHAEL GORDON HISCOCK, MICHAEL CHRISTODOULOU KING, PAUL JOSEPH MANKA, FERNANDO ESTEBAN, RAYMOND KELLERMAN, DAVID MARK ANDERSON, OCTAVIAR LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) ACN 107 863 390 and OCTAVIAR ADMINISTRATION PTY LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) ACN 101 069 390
File number: NSD 324 of 2009
Judge: PERRAM J
Date of judgment: 17 March 2014
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Representative proceedings – Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 33Q and s 33H(1)(b) – application to establish a sub-group – whether sub-group could be formed where claims of proposed sub-group members not falling within the nature of the claims identified in originating process PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Representative proceedings – opt out notice – whether Court should approve an opt out notice containing advice
Legislation: Part IVA of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 33C, s 33H, s 33J(4), s 33Q, s 33ZE(1)
Cases cited: Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175 cited Mercedes Holdings Pty Limited v Waters (No 8) [2013] FCA 601 cited Pharm-a-Care Laboratories Pty Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia (No 4) [2010] FCA 749 applied Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd (No. 2) [1982] 1 Ch 204 cited Wong v Silkfield Pty Ltd (1999) 199 CLR 255 considered
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