IDOPORT PTY LTD & ANOR V NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD & 8 ORS; IDOPORT PTY LTD & MARKET HOLDINGS PTY LTD V DONALD ROBERT ARGUS; IDOPORT PTY LTD "JMG" V NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD [15] [2000] NSWSC 1215

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : IDOPORT PTY LTD & ANOR V NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD & 8 ORS; IDOPORT PTY LTD & MARKET HOLDINGS PTY LTD V DONALD ROBERT ARGUS; IDOPORT PTY LTD "JMG" V NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD [15] [2000] NSWSC 1215 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50113/98; 50026/99; 3991/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 15/12/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 December 2000

Idoport Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Market Holdings Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) National Australia Bank Limited (Defendant) Donald Robert Argus (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

COUNSEL : JJ Garnsey QC, R Titterton, R Alkadamani (Plaintiffs)) T Bathurst QC, J Sackar QC, H Insall, J Halley (Defendants) SOLICITORS : Withnell Hetherington (Plaintiffs) Freehill Hollingdale and Page (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure - Separate determination of an issue - Supreme Court Rules Part 31 Rule 2 - Principles applicable - Just, quick and cheap resolution of real issues, Part 1 Rule 3(1), (2) Supreme Court Rules - Application to order separate hearing of liability/quantum of damages or of liability/causation and quantum of damages dismissed Fair Trading Act (1987) NSW LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Australian National Industries Ltd v Spedley Securities Ltd (in liq) (1992) 26 NSWLR 441 CBS Productions Pty Ltd v O'Neil [1985] 1 NSWLR 601 Dunstan v Simmie & Co Pty Ltd [1978] VR 699 Century Medical v THLD [2000] NSWSC 5; (unreported, Supreme Court of NSW, 3 February 2000, per Rolfe J). CASES CITED : Hadid v Australis Media Ltd (unreported, Supreme Court of NSW, 29 March 1996 per Rolfe J). Law Society of NSW v Bruce (unreported, Supreme Court of NSW, 23 April 1996, per Rolfe J), Parramatta Stadium Trust v Civil and Civic Pty Ltd (unreported, Supreme Court of NSW, 27 August 1996, per Hunter J). Rajski v Carson (1988) 15 NSWLR 84 Story of Sydney Pty Ltd v Ling (unreported, Supreme Court of NSW 15 November 1994, per Rolfe J), Tallglen v Pay TV Holdings Pty Ltd (1996) 22 ACSR 130 DECISION : 1. Notice of motion dismissed; 2. Costs of the notice of motion to be costs of the cause