Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Eggerth v EPI International Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 1547 File number(s): NSD 437 of 2015
Judge(s): DERRINGTON J
Date of judgment: 22 December 2017
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to strike out pleading under r 16.21 – pleading of causation under s 52 of Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (s 18 Australian Consumer Law) considered – requirement to plead that specific person was lead into error considered – whether pleading that conduct was "in trade or commerce" was a "bald assertion" or could be supported inferentially considered PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to strike out pleading under r 16.21 – particularisation of a claim for breach of trust considered PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – costs – taxation of costs immediately – circumstances where the Court will depart from the general rule under r 40.13 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) considered
Legislation: Australian Consumer Law, sch 2, ss 18, 236 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), ss 37M, 37N, 43(2) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 82 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), rr 16.02, 16.21, 40.12, 40.13
Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Pauls Ltd (2000) ATPR 41-747 Barclay Mowlem Construction Limited v Dampier Port Authority [2006] 33 WAR 82 Bond Corp Pty Ltd v Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd (1987) 14 FCR 215 Bright v Femcare (2000) 175 ALR 50 Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Ltd (2004) 218 CLR 592 Campomar Sociedad, Limitada v Nike International Ltd (2000) 202 CLR 45 Charlie Carter Pty Ltd v SDAEA (WA) (1987) 13 FCR 413 Cleary v Australian Cooperative Foods (No 2) (1999) 32 ACSR 701 Concrete Construction (NSW) Pty Ltd v Nelson (1990) 169 CLR 594 Eggerth v Piccardi [2017] FCA 939 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner of Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Hampic Pty Ltd v Adams (1999) ASAL 55-035 Higginbotham v Kerr [2017] FCA 686 Janssen-Cilag Pty Ltd v Pfitzer Pty Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 526 John Holland Pty Ltd v Maritime Union [2009] FCA 437 Miller v Cameron (1936) 54 CLR 572 NRMA v Yates (2000) 18 ACLC 45 Polar Aviation Pty Ltd v Civil Aviation Safety Authority (2012) 203 FCR 325 QS Holdings Sarl v Pauls Retail Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] FCA 1038 Radisch v McDonald (2010) 198 IR 244 Rana v Google Inc (No 2) (2017) 347 ALR 663 Southern Cross Mine Management Pty Ltd v Ensham Resources Pty Ltd [2004] QSC 457 Thomson v STX Pan Ocean Co Ltd [2012] FCAFC 15 Thunderdome Race Timing and Scoring Pty Ltd v Dorian Industries Pty Ltd (1992) 36 FCR 297 Toben v Jones (2012) 298 ALR 203 Viscariello v Macks (2014) 103 ACSR 542 Yates v Whitlam (1999) 32 ACSR 595
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