Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Hodges v Sandhurst Trustees Limited [2018] FCA 1346 File number(s): NSD 453 of 2014 NSD 1488 of 2017
Judge(s): LEE J
Date of judgment: 26 July 2018
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – s 33V application – settlement approved – where claims of group members advanced in three representative proceedings could have been advanced in one proceeding – discussion as to the need to have regard to the width of s 33C in bringing representative proceedings and paying sufficient regard to the case management dictates of Part VB
Legislation: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 283DA(b)(ii) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 33C, 33N(2), s 33V, 33ZF
Cases cited: Caason Investments Proprietary Limited v Cao (No 2) [2018] FCA 527 Clarke v Sandhurst Trustees Limited (No 2) [2018] FCA 511 Dillon v RBS Group (Australia) Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 896; (2017) 252 FCR 150 Money Max Int Pty Ltd v QBE Insurance Group Limited [2016] FCAFC 148; (2016) 245 FCR 191
Date of hearing: 26 July 2018
Registry: New South Wales
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Corporations and Corporate Insolvency
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 25
Counsel for the Plaintiffs: Mr A S Martin SC; Mr G M Drew
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate