Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Sims v Chong [2014] FCA 1069 Citation: Sims v Chong [2014] FCA 1069
Parties: DOUGLAS ARTHUR SIMS v PATTI PENG SA CHONG
File numbers: WAD 116 of 2014
Judges: BARKER J
Date of judgment: 3 October 2014
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for summary judgment or to strike out applicant's statement of claim – claims against legal practitioner – whether proceeding is an abuse of process – whether doctrine of advocate's immunity from suit applies
Legislation: Australian Consumer Law (Cth) (Sch 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 31A Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) R 16.21(1)(e), R 16.21(1)(f), R 26.01(1)(a), R 26.01(1)(c), R 26.01(1)(d)
Cases cited: D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid [2005] HCA 12; (2005) 223 CLR 1 Goddard Elliott (a firm) v Fritsch [2012] VSC 87 NT Pubco Pty Ltd v Strazdins [2014] NTSC 8 Rippon v Chilcotin Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 142; (2001) 53 NSWLR 198 Sims v Suda Ltd [2014] WASC 3 Spencer v Commonwealth of Australia [2010] HCA 28; (2010) 241 CLR 118 Yates Property Corporation Pty Ltd v Boland (1997) 145 ALR 169
Date of hearing: 5 September 2014
Date of last submissions: 17 September 2014
Place: Perth
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
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