NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: Kinghorn v HKAC Asset Management Services (AFFL) Pty Ltd [2010] NSWDC 232
HEARING DATE(S): 3 September 2010
JUDGMENT DATE: 20 October 2010
JURISDICTION: Civil
JUDGMENT OF: Bozic SC DCJ
DECISION: 1. The notice of motion is dismissed. 2. The defendants are to pay the plaintiff's costs of the motion.
CATCHWORDS: TORTS - whether Federal Court proceedings exposed plaintiff to a civil penalty - whether tort of malicious prosecution available in respect of civil proceedings involving no risk of civil penalty - Abuse of process - whether pleadings disclosed cause of action - Strike out - whether paragraph of amended statement of claim should be struck out
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED: Legal Profession Act 2004 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules
A v New South Wales [2007] HCA 10, (2007) 230 CLR 500 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Neolido Holdings Pty Ltd [2006] QCA 266 Chapel Road Pty Limited v ASIC [2006] NSWSC 1014 Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 Edenden v Bignell [2007] NSWSC 1122 Fodare Pty Ltd v Shearn [2010] NSWSC 737 Foyster v Foyster Holdings Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 768 Futuretronics.com.au Pty Ltd v Graphix Labels Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1621 General Steel Industries Incorporated v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) [1964] HCA 69 Gregory v Portsmouth City Council [2000] 1 AC 419 Jervois Sulphates (NT) Ltd v Petrocarb Explorations NL [1974] 5 ALR CASES CITED: Kable v State of New South Wales [2010] NSWSC 811 Litmus Australia Pty Ltd v Canty [2007] NSWSC 670; (2007) 25 ACLC 1141 Little v Law Institute of Victoria [1990] VR 257 Martin v. Watson [1996] A.C. 74, 80 Noyce v Robbins [2007] WASC 98 One.Tel Ltd v Rich [2005] NSWSC 226; (2005) 190 FLR 443 Primacy Underwriting Agency Pty Ltd v Kilborn [2007] NSWSC 158; (2007) 25 ACLC 160 Savile v. Roberts (1698) 12 Mod. Rep. 208 Scott Darren Pascoe in his capacity as liquidator of Charter Workforce Pty Ltd (IN LIq) v Divisional Security Group Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 211 Supercar International Holdings Ltd v Sommers [2009] NSWSC 1488 The Beach Club Port Douglas v Page [2005] QCA 475 Varawa v Howard Smith Co Ltd (1911) 13 CLR 35 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509
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