Yap v Chong [2024] FCA 1326

Federal Court of Australia

Yap v Chong [2024] FCA 1326 File number: WAD 76 of 2024

Judgment of: COLVIN J

Date of judgment: 18 November 2024

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application to strike out paragraphs of defence - where defence contains repeated pleas that 'respondents will plead in response to the allegations … upon provision of proper particulars thereof' - where no further particulars sought - whether defence evasive or ambiguous - paragraphs of defence struck out - leave granted to replead COSTS - whether costs should be ordered to be paid forthwith - consideration of principles - costs ordered to be paid forthwith

Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Schedule 2 (Australian Consumer Law) s 4 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 37M Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 16.02, 40.13

Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Dateline Imports Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 114 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Woolworths Group Limited (formerly called Woolworths Limited) [2020] FCAFC 162; (2020) 281 FCR 108 Crowley v Worley Limited [2022] FCAFC 33; (2022) 293 FCR 438 Dare v Pulham (1982) 148 CLR 658 Dyczynski v Gibson [2020] FCAFC 120; (2020) 280 FCR 583 Fuji Xerox Australia Pty Ltd v Whittaker [2020] FCA 1611 Girchow Enterprises Pty Ltd v Ultimate Franchising Group Pty Ltd (Final Hearing) [2023] FCA 420 Lin v Zheng [2023] NSWCA 174 O'Brien v Komesaroff (1982) 150 CLR 310 Richmond v Ora Gold Limited [2020] FCA 70 Sharif v Vitruvian Investments Pty Ltd (No 2) [2023] FCA 619 Sykes v Reserve Bank of Australia (1998) 88 FCR 511 Tang v Yu [2024] FCA 297 Watson v Kriticos (Costs Payable Forthwith) [2022] FCA 4