NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : AIRS Re Pty Ltd v J B B Treatt & Ors trading as Haines Norton [2007] NSWSC 1100
HEARING DATE(S) : 10/04/07-11/04/07
JUDGMENT DATE : 5 October 2007
JURISDICTION : Common Law Division
JUDGMENT OF : Hidden J at 1
DECISION : Application by defendants for summary dismissal, stay of proceedings dismissed - leave granted to plaintiff to file amended statement of claim - leave granted to add additional plaintiff.
CATCHWORDS : COMMERCIAL LAW: Application by defendants for summary dismissal, stay of proceedings - application by plaintiff to file amended statement of claim and join additional plaintiff - assignment of causes of action in contract and tort - proceedings by assignee - whether assignment valid - whether assignee had genuine commercial interest - public policy considerations - joinder of assignor as plaintiff - whether potential for conflict.
Maintenance, Champerty and Barratry Abolition Act 1993 LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules
National Mutual Property Services (Australia) Pty Ltd v Citibank Savings Ltd (1995) 132 ALR 514 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1948 - 49) 78 CLR 62 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (2001) 208 CLR 199 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509 Trendtex Trading Corporation v Credit Suisse [1982] AC 679 Monk v ANZ Banking Group (1994) 34 NSWLR 148 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu v Cridlands Pty Ltd (2003) 134 FCR 474 Rickard Constructions Pty Ltd v Rickard Hails Moretti Pty Ltd (2004) 188 FLR 278 CASES CITED : Magic Menu Systems Pty Ltd v AFA Facilitation Pty Ltd (1997) 72 FCR 261 Poulton v The Commonwealth (1952 - 53) 89 CLR 540 Fostif Pty Ltd v Campbells Cash and Carry Pty Ltd (2005) 63 NSWLR 203 Whyked Pty Ltd v Yahoo Australia and New Zealand Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 650 Brownton Ltd v Edward Moore Ltd [1985] 3 All ER 499 Campbells Cash and Carry v Fostif Pty Ltd (2006) 80 ALJR 1441 Chapman v Luminis Pty Ltd (1998) 86 FCR 513 Burke v LFOT Pty Ltd (2002) 209 CLR 282 Wickstead v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1 Johnson Tiles Pty Ltd v Esso Australia Ltd (2000) 97 FCR 175
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