Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Sherrin Hire Pty Ltd v Tidd Ross Todd Ltd (No 2) [2016] FCA 891 File number: NSD 379 of 2014
Judge: EDELMAN J
Date of judgment: 9 August 2016
Catchwords: CONTRACT – consequential loss clauses – questions of construction – whether questions appropriately determined in a pleading dispute without contractual context, without proper submissions addressing relevant authorities, potentially involving issues of foreign law, and where the construction issue introduces no new factual dispute PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to amend notice of cross-claim – allegation that notice of cross-claim doomed to fail – whether appropriate to determine substantive aspects of notice of cross-claim before trial
Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 175(1) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 37M(1) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 52
Cases cited: Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University [2009] HCA 27; (2009) 239 CLR 175 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Cassimatis (No 7) [2016] FCA 624 Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd v Dampier Port Authority [2006] WASC 281; (2006) 33 WAR 82 Environmental Systems Pty Ltd v Peerless Holdings Pty Ltd [2008] VSCA 26; (2008) 19 VR 358 HTW Valuers (Central Qld) Pty Ltd v Astonland Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 54; (2004) 217 CLR 640 Luck v Chief Executive Officer of Centrelink [2015] FCAFC 75 Mayfair Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Southland Packers Pty Ltd (No 3) [2016] QSC 150 Media Ocean Limited v Optus Mobile Pty Limited (No 6) [2009] FCA 1319 Neilson v Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria Ltd [2005] HCA 54; (2005) 223 CLR 331 Oceania Furniture Ltd v Debonaire Products Ltd [2009] NZHC 1139 Patersons Securities Ltd v Financial Ombudsman Service Ltd [2015] WASC 321 Regional Power Corporation v Pacific Hydro Group Two Pty Ltd (No 2) [2013] WASC 356; (2013) 46 WAR 281 Sherrin Hire Pty Ltd v Sherrin Rentals Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 1107 Tamaya Resources Limited (in liq) v Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (A Firm), in the matter of Tamaya Resources Limited (in liq) [2015] FCA 1098 Transocean Drilling (UK) Ltd v Providence Resources Plc [2016] EWCA Civ 372 United States Surgical Corp v Hospital Products International Pty Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 766
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