NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Lewis v Nortex Pty Ltd (in liq); Lamru Pty Ltd v Kation Pty Ltd & Ors; Kation Pty Ltd v Lamru Pty Ltd & Lamb [2006] NSWSC 768
HEARING DATE(S) : 27 July 2006
JUDGMENT DATE : 27 July 2006
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 07/27/2006
DECISION : Leave to proceed with derivative action granted; leave to proceed with cross claims granted.
CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – DERIVATIVE ACTION – Where there is a prima facie good cause of action the plaintiff will not be guilty of abuse of process merely because of hostility towards the defendant. - ANSHUN ESTOPPEL – Whether issue now sought to be raised ought to have been raised in earlier part of proceedings. - CROSS CLAIM – STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS – Whether leave to cross claim should be granted where cross claim, if brought in new proceedings, would be statute barred – whether concealed fraud.
LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – s.237 Limitation Act 1969 (NSW)
- Hunter v Chief Constable of the West Midland Police [1982] AC 529 - Lewis v Nortex Pty Ltd (In Liq); Lamru Pty Ltd v Kation Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 1143 CASES CITED : - Reichel v Magrath (1889) 14 App Cas 665 - Stephenson v Garnett [1898] 1 QB 677 at 680 - Swansson v R.A. Pratt Properties Pty Ltd (2002) 42 ACSR 313
3081/97 Peter Lawrence Lewis - Plaintiff Lamru Pty Ltd - Applicant Kation Pty Ltd - Respondent Brian Raymond Silvia - Liquidator
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