IDOPORT PTY LIMITED & ANOR v NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED & 8 ORS; IDOPORT PTY LTD "JMG" & MARKET HOLDINGS PTY LTD v DONALD ROBERT ARGUS; IDOPORT PTY LTD "JMG" v NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD [14] [2000] NSWSC 1141

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : IDOPORT PTY LIMITED & ANOR v NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED & 8 ORS; IDOPORT PTY LTD "JMG" & MARKET HOLDINGS PTY LTD v DONALD ROBERT ARGUS; IDOPORT PTY LTD "JMG" v NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD [14] [2000] NSWSC 1141 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50113/98; 50026/99; 3991/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 16/11/00, 4/12/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 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, RC Titterton, R Alkadamani (Plaintiffs) JR Sackar QC, JA Halley (Defendants) SOLICITORS : Withnell Hetherington (Plaintiffs) Freehill Hollingdale & Page (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure - Case Management - Commercial List Practice - "Enough is Enough" proposition - Expert advice as to foreign patent law - need to specially plead foreign law - Practice and Procedure - Discretion to permit amendment of pleadings - Principles Applicable thereto - Justice Paramount consideration - Just, Quick and Cheap resolution of disputes LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act, 1969 Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd v Casa Musicale Sonzogno Di Pietro Ostali SNC [1971] 1 WLR 1128 Clough v Rogers (1974) 48 ALJR 481 at 482 CASES CITED : Cropper v Smith (188 4) 2 6 CH D 700 per Bowen LJ at 710 State of Queensland v J L Holdings Pty Ltd (1996) 189 CLR 146 Teague v Jones [1925] VLR 205 at 207 DECISION : Leave to amend allowed on terms