Continental Conveyor & Equipment Pty Ltd v Williams [2001] NSWSC 402

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Continental Conveyor & Equipment Pty Ltd v Williams [2001] NSWSC 402 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1622/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 18 August and 5 October 2000 and subsequent written submissions. JUDGMENT DATE : 18 May 2001

Continental Conveyor & Equipment Pty Limited (P1) Continental Ace Pty Limited (P2) Continental Meco Pty Limited (P3) Continental Ace Services Pty Limited (P4) PARTIES : Continental Control Systems Pty Limited (P5) Gary Alexander Williams (D1) Vipeka Pty Limited (D2) Timothy Pike (D3) Peter Leslie Gane (D4) JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J

S A Gregory (Ps) COUNSEL : No appearance (D1) L J Aitken (D2, 3 & 4) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Ps) SOLICITORS : Tzovaras Yandell (D1) Furlong & Associates (D2, 3 & 4) CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE [113] - Judgments and orders - Interlocutory orders - Application to strike out statement of claim as showing no reasonable cause of action refused - Second application to strike out statement of claim or dismiss proceedings on ground no reasonable cause of action shown - General principle that second interlocutory application may not be maintained unless circumstances have changed. LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Law s 79 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Pt 13 r 5, Pt 15 r 26 Adam P Brown Male Fashions Pty Ltd v Phillip Morris Inc (1981) 148 CLR 170 Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 247 Brimaud v Honeysett Instant Print Pty Limited NSWSC McLelland J 19 September 1988 unreported Chanel Ltd v F W Woolworth & Co Ltd [1981] 1 WLR 485 Collier v Howard NSWSC McLelland CJ in Eq 23 April 1996 unreported Commissioner of Police v Seddon NSWSC Young J 18 April 2001 unreported CASES CITED : Continental Conveyor & Equipment Pty Limited v Williams [2000] NSWSC 481 Continental Conveyor & Equipment Pty Limited v Williams NSWSC Master McLaughlin 15 December 1999 unreported D A Christie Pty Ltd v Baker [1996] 2 VR 582 Danieletto v Khera NSWSC McLelland CJ in Eq 1 September 1994 unreported Nominal Defendant (NSW) v Manning (2000) 31 MVR 524 Re BPTC Ltd (In liquidation) Application of J W Murphy and P B Allen Re G J Kelly NSWSC Windeyer J 16 March 1995 unreported Wentworth v Rogers NSWSC Sperling J 28 April 1995 unreported Woods v Sheriff of Queensland (1895) 6 QLJ 163 DECISION : Application dismissed.