Alexiou v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (Scope of Amendments) [2025] FCA 147

Federal Court of Australia

Alexiou v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (Scope of Amendments) [2025] FCA 147 File number(s): NSD 719 of 2020

Judgment of: PERRAM J

Date of judgment: 28 February 2025

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – where proceeding includes lengthy procedural history – where judgment was previously given on amendment application – where parties were asked to provide proposed short minutes of order to give effect to the previous judgment – where the scope of amendments permitted by the previous judgment are disputed by the parties – where certain proposed amendments to the statement of claim are disputed by the parties – whether the disputed amendments should be allowed

Cases cited: Alexiou v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (Application to Amend Pleadings) [2025] FCA 7

Division: General Division

Registry: New South Wales

National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations

Sub-area: Commercial Contracts, Banking, Finance and Insurance

Number of paragraphs: 12

Date of hearing: 17 February 2025

Counsel for the Applicant: J Burnett with N Gollan

Solicitor for the Applicant: YPOL Lawyers

Counsel for the Respondent: R J Pietriche

Solicitor for the Respondent: Seyfarth Shaw Australia

ORDERS NSD 719 of 2020

BETWEEN: ETIENNE ALEXIOU Applicant

AND: AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED (ACN 005 357 522) Respondent

order made by: PERRAM J DATE OF ORDER: 28 February 2025

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. The parties prepare short minutes of order to give effect to these reasons within 7 days. 2. The matter be listed for case management on 19 March 2025 at 9.30 am. Note: Entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 39.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011.