Skalkos v Smiles & 5 Ors [2001] NSWSC 261

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Skalkos v Smiles & 5 Ors [2001] NSWSC 261 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 21033/95 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 April 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 April 2001

John Skalkos (Plaintiff)

James John Smiles (First Defendant)

Archibald George Poulos (Second Defendant)

PARTIES : Smile Poulos Services Pty Limited (Third Defendant)

Taxcare Pty Limited (Fourth Defendant)

Svelte Corporation Pty Limited (Fifth Defendant)

George Kotsakis (Sixth Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr M J Cohen (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Mr P Cook (First Defendant) Rosier Associates (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Abreu & Associates (First Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Summary judgment - breaches of TPA - conspiracy Supreme Coourt Rules LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Bullen & Leake and Jacob's Precedents of Pleadings 12th ed. at 341 H 1976 Nominees Pty Ltd v Galli Ltd & Quarries Ltd (1979) ALR 181 Air Services Australia v Zarb (NSWCA unreported, 26 August 1998, Rolfe AJA) Dey v Victoria Railway Commissioners (1948-49) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Wailways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 CASES CITED : TPC v Sterling (1980) ATPR 40-145 Maritime Union of Australia and Ors v Geraldton Port Authority and Ors (1999) 165 ALR 67 McKellar & Anor v Container Terminal Management Services Ltd & Ors (1999) ALR 409 Trade Practices Commission v Allied Mills Industries Pty Ltd (1980) 32 ALR 570 Council For the City of the Gold Coast v Pioneer Concrete (Qld) Pty Ltd (1998) 157 ALR 135 R v Chow (1987) 11 NSWLR 561 DECISION : (1) The plaintiff is to file and serve a further amended statement of claim within 28 days; (2) Each party is to pay their own costs.