Spectrum Decorating P/L v State of South Australia & Anor [2000] NSWSC 971

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Spectrum Decorating P/L v State of South Australia & Anor [2000] NSWSC 971 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20369/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 September 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 October 2000

Spectrum Decorating Pty Limited ACN 059 944 008 (Plaintiff)

PARTIES : State of South Australia (First Defendant)

State of Victoria (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr John Fitzgerald (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Ms Rena Sofroniou (Defendants) Mr G Shelton of G Shelton & Associates (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Ms Fiona Kerr Crown Solicitors Office (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Strike out application - injurious falsehood - misfeasance in public office - interference with economic interests - negligence - breach of statutory duties Supreme Court Rules - Part 15 r 25 & Part 13 r 5 Tobacco Products (Licensing) Act 1986 (South Australia) Business Franchises (Tobacco) Act 1974 (Victoria) National Crime Authority Act 1984 LEGISLATION CITED : Service and Execution of Process Act 1992 Courts (Cross Vesting) Act 1987 (NSW) Taxation (Reciprocal Powers) Act 1987 (Vic) - ss 5 & 7 Taxation (Reciprocal Powers) Act 1989 (SA) - ss 7 & 24 Privacy Act 1988 - s 93 Limitation of Actions Act 1936 (SA) Air Services Australia v Zarb (NSWSC, unreported 26 August 1998) Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1948-49) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 Contribution Fund of Australia v Hunt (1982) 44 ALR 365 at 373-374 Gibson v Parkes District Hospital (1991-92) 26 NSWLR 9 at 35 Giraffe World Australia Pty Limited v Australian Competition and Consummer Commission (1999) ATPR 41-669 Swimsure (Laboratories) Pty Ltd v McDonald [1979] 2 NSWLR 796 at 799 Sanders v Snell [1998] 72 ALJR 1508 at 1517 CASES CITED : Elliott v Chief Constable of Wiltshire & Ors, Sir Richard Scott, Vice Chancellor, The Times Law Reports 5.12.1966 Northern Territory v Mengel (1995) 185 CLR 307 at 345 Mogul Steamship Co v McGregory Gow & Co (1889) 23 QBD 598 at 613 Torquay Hotel Co Ltd v Cousins (1962) 2 Ch 106 Sovar v Henry Lane Pty Limited (1966-67) 116 CLR 397 at 405 Stubbs v NRMA Insurance Ltd [1997] 42 NSWLR 550 at 555 Byrne v Australia Airlines Limited (1995-96) 185 CLR 410 at 424 Onus v Alcoa of Australia Limited (1981) 149 CLR 27 at 67-68 Preston v Star City Pty Ltd [1999] NSWSC 1273 at paras 63 to 94 Sampson v Zadker (NSWCA, unreported 11 December 1996) DECISION : See para 54