Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Crocker v Toys 'R' Us (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2015] FCA 728 Citation: Crocker v Toys 'R' Us (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2015] FCA 728
Parties: DEBRA ANN CROCKER v TOYS 'R' US (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, BABY ZONE (AUST) PTY LTD and THE BABY PROJECT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP LP
File number: QUD 647 of 2014
Judge: REEVES J
Date of judgment: 30 July 2015
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for summary judgment under s 31A(2) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) and r 26.01 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – application to strike out statement of claim under r 16.21 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – consideration of whether proceeding an abuse of process – consideration of whether no reasonable prospect of successfully prosecuting claims – where allegations against a party who was dismissed from the proceeding – where allegations are scandalous, frivolous and vexatious – where part of the proceeding is permitted to advance – consideration of whether to strike out statement of claim in whole or part
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth)
Cases cited: Banque Commerciale SA (En Liqn) v Akhil Holdings Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 279 Bhagat v Global Custodians Ltd [2002] FCAFC 331 Caterpillar Inc v Sun Forward Pty Ltd (1996) 36 IPR 411 Chaffers v Goldsmid [1894] 1 QB 186 Crocker v Toys 'R' Us (Australia) Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 588 Dawkins v Prince Edward of Saxe Weimer (1876) 1 QBD 499 Geoffrey Inc v Luik (1997) 38 IPR 555 Hamilton v Oades (1989) 166 CLR 486 Jefferson Ford Pty Ltd v Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd (2008) 167 FCR 372; [2008] FCAFC 60 Kranjiw v Newman (No 2) [2015] FCA 673 Manolakis v Carter [2008] FCA 505 Packer v Meagher [1984] 3 NSWLR 486 Peruvian Guano Company v Bockwoldt (1883) 23 Ch D 225 Peter Kent Development Pty Ltd v ANZ Banking Group Ltd (unreported, Sup Ct, NSW, Hunt J, 6 May 1980) Pickering v Centrelink [2008] FCA 561 Solomon v Psychologists Board of Western Australia [2000] WASCA 266 Sea Culture International Pty Ltd v Scoles (1991) 32 FCR 275 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509 Young v Holloway [1895] P 87
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