CONTINENTAL CONVEYOR & EQUIPMENT P/L & ORS v WILLIAMS & ORS [2000] NSWSC 481

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : CONTINENTAL CONVEYOR & EQUIPMENT P/L & ORS v WILLIAMS & ORS [2000] NSWSC 481 CURRENT JURISDICTION: EQUITY FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1622/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 30/05/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 June 2000

Continental Conveyor & Equipment Pty Ltd - First Plaintiff Continental Ace Pty Ltd - Second Plaintiff Continental Meco Pty Ltd - Third Plaintiff Continental Ace Services Pty Ltd - Fourth Plaintiff PARTIES : Continental Control Systems Pty Ltd - Fifth Plaintiff Gary Alexander Williams - First Defendant Vipeka Pty Ltd - Second Defendant Timothy Pike - Third Defendant Peter Leslie Gane - Fourth Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Bryson J at 1

COUNSEL : A. Bouris - Plaintiffs L. Aitken - Second, Third and Fourth Defendants Mallesons Stephen Jacques - Plaintiffs SOLICITORS : Tzovaras Yandell - First Defendant Furlong & Associates - Second, Third and Fourth Defendants CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - allegations of knowledge or constructive knowledge in statement of claim - all possible formulations of knowledge pleaded - application to strike out paragraphs of statement of claim - answers to request for particulars overly complex - no requirement to plead source of knowledge - whether basis of allegations of knowledge sufficiently revealed - whether reasonable cause of action disclosed - desirable for basis of trial to be clarified - appeal filed out of time - time for appeal. LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules Pt 1 r 3(2), Pt 2 rr 3(1), 5(1), Pt 16 rr 3, 7 Baden v Societe Generale [1993] 1 WLR 509 CASES CITED : Gertsh v Atsas [1999] NSWSC 898 Royal Brunei Airlines v Tan [1995] 2 AC 378 DECISION : See paras 22 & 23