Gate Gourmet Australia Pty Limited (in liquidation) v Gate Gourmet Holding AG & Ors [2004] NSWSC 761

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Gate Gourmet Australia Pty Limited (in liquidation) v Gate Gourmet Holding AG & Ors [2004] NSWSC 761 HEARING DATE(S) : 18 August 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 August 2004

JURISDICTION: Equity Division Commercial List JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J DECISION : Notice of Motion dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : Practice and procedure - Part 31 separate question determination - Judgment delivered - Application for reasons for judgment to be reviewed and varied - Principles LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Adam P Brown Male Fashions Pty Ltd v Phillip Morris Inc (1981) 148 CLR 170 Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited v Marsden [1999] NSWCA 313 Arthur Anderson & Co (a firm) v GPA Group PLC & Ors [Spender, Drummond and Sundberg JJ, Federal Court of Australia Queensland District Registry, November 1998, unreported], BC9806237 Autodesk Inc v Dyason (No 2) (1993) 176 CLR 300 Brimaud v Honeysett Instant Print Pty Limited, [McLelland J, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 19 September 1988, unreported] BC8801491 De L v Director-General, New South Wales Department of Community Services (No 2) (1997) 190 CLR 207 Fexuto Pty Ltd v Bosnjak Holdings Pty Ltd (No 2) (1998) 29 ACSR 290 CASES CITED : R v Nitin Giri (No 2) [2001] NSWCCA 234 Smith v New South Wales Bar Association (No 2) (1992) 176 CLR 256 State Rail Authority of New South Wales v Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd (No 2) (1982) 150 CLR 29 Sydney Airport Corp Limited v Baulderstone Hornibrook Engineering Pty Limited [2003] NSWSC 486 Twenty-First Australia Inc v Shade (1998) NSWSC 325, BC9803667 Wentworth v Rogers [2002] NSWSC 921 Wentworth v Wentworth [1999] NSWSC 638 Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council (No 2) (1982) 149 CLR 672 Gate Gourmet Australia Pty Limited (in liquidation) ACN 089 347 562 (Plaintiff) Gate Gourmet Holding AG, Company Number CH-020.3.003.945-1 (First Plaintiff) Gate Gourmet (Holdings) Pty Limited ACN 004 122 872 (Second Defendant) PARTIES : Odd Gunnar Engebretsen (Third Defendant) Lars Fredrik Larsen (Fourth Defendant) Henning Boysen (Fifth Defendant) Lucas Grolimund (Sixth Defendant) Gate Gourmet Switzerland GMBH (Seventh Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50180/01 COUNSEL : Mr B Coles QC, Ms E Collins (Plaintiff) Mr M Pembroke QC, Mr N Perram (Second, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Defendants) SOLICITORS : Clayton Utz (Plaintiff) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Second, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Defendants)