Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Currie v SPS Energy (Sunshine Coast) Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 478 File number: QUD 79 of 2024
Judgment of: LOGAN J
Date of judgment: 2 May 2024
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – where the respondent allegedly installed a solar panel system, including a battery, on the applicant's property in Queensland – where a fire allegedly resulted from the respondent's installation of the system – where the applicants allege breaches of the Australian Consumer Law – where the alleged damages are particularised as less than $750,000 – where the Federal Court of Australia, the Supreme Court of Queensland and the District Court of Queensland share concurrent jurisdiction for such proceedings – where applicants made oral application for cross-vesting to the Supreme Court of Queensland pursuant to the Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987 (Cth) as a preliminary to seeking remittal to District Court of Queensland – where such cross-vesting and remittal would entail significant savings in court fees relative to amount of claim – application granted
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987 (Cth)
Cases cited: Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally (1999) 198 CLR 511
Division: General Division
Registry: Queensland
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Economic Regulator, Competition and Access
Number of paragraphs: 13
Date of hearing: 2 May 2024
Solicitor for the Applicants: Hall & Wilcox
Solicitor for the Respondent: Barry Nilsson Lawyers
ORDERS QUD 79 of 2024
BETWEEN: JENNIFER CURRIE First Applicant
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