RNB Equities Pty Ltd v Credit Suisse Investment Services (Australia) Limited (No 2) [2019] FCA 1385

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

RNB Equities Pty Ltd v Credit Suisse Investment Services (Australia) Limited (No 2) [2019] FCA 1385 File number(s): VID 297 of 2019

Judge(s): ANDERSON J

Date of judgment: 30 August 2019

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – pleadings – interlocutory application by first respondent seeking strike out of parts of the Amended Statement of Claim – alternative claim for further and better particulars – where respondents have not yet filed a defence Held: interlocutory application dismissed

Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 16.21, 16.41(1), 16.45, 16.45(1), 16.45(3)

Cases cited: American Flange and Manufacturing Co Inc v Rheem Australia Pty Ltd [1963] NSWR 1121 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Pauls Ltd [1999] FCA 1750 Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd v Dampier Port Authority [2006] WASC 281; 33 WAR 82 Brambles Holdings Ltd v Trade Practices Commission [1979] FCA 80; 28 ALR 191 Granite Transformations Pty Ltd v Apex Distributions Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 725; 359 ALR 62 Macquarie International Health Clinic Pty Ltd v Sydney South West Area Health Service [2010] NSWCA 268 Polar Aviation Pty Ltd v Civil Aviation and Safety Authority [2012] FCAFC 97; 203 FCR 325 Police & Nurses Credit Society Ltd v Burgess Rawson (WA) Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 1395 Power Infrastructure Pty Ltd v Downer EDI Engineering Power Pty Ltd (No 3) [2011] FCA 539 RNB Equities Pty Ltd v Credit Suisse Investment Services (Australia) Limited [2019] FCA 760 Rush v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 357; 359 ALR 473 Sherrin Hire Pty Ltd v Sherrin Rentals [2015] FCA 1107 Thompson v STX Pan Ocean Co Ltd [2012] FCAFC 15 Young Investments Group Pty Ltd v Mann [2012] FCAFC 107; 293 ALR 537