Powell v Aymkone Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 1270

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Powell v Aymkone Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 1270

HEARING DATE(S) : 20 November 2008

JUDGMENT DATE : 28 November 2008

JUDGMENT OF : Sackville AJ at 1

1. Grants plaintiff leave to file amended statement of claim in court. 2. Grants plaintiff leave to file a second further amended statement of claim on or before 28 November 2008. 3. Directs the defendants to file any amended defence on or before 8 December 2008. DECISION : 4. Directs the Plaintiff to file any further affidavit in opposition to defendants' motion for security of costs on or before 4 December 2008. 5. Directs both parties to approach the Deputy Registrar in Equity to obtain a hearing date for the defendants' motion for security for costs. 6. Directs both parties to file an outline of submissions concerning the costs of the amended motion filed by the defendants on 20 August 2008 on or before 4 December 2008. 7. Lists the matter for a directions hearing on 9 December 2008.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE – Application for dismissal of proceedings on grounds of abuse of process – whether alleged inability to obtain a fair trial can be dealt with in the context of a summary dismissal application - whether earlier proceedings between different parties creates an "Anshun estoppel" or attracts similar principles

LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW)

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Cleary v Jeans [2006] NSWCA 9 General Steel Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) [1964] HCA 69; (1965) 112 CLR 125 Jamieson v R [1993] HCA 48; 117 CLR 574 CASES CITED : Kendall v Hamilton (1879) 4 App Cas 504 Petersen v Moloney [1951] HCA 51; 84 CLR 91 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd [1981] HCA 45 Rippon v Chilcotin Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 142; 53 NSWLR 198 Sea Culture International Pty Ltd v Scoles (1991) 32 FCR 275