NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Jameson v Professional Investment Services Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1437
HEARING DATE(S) : 17 July 2007
JUDGMENT DATE : 12 December 2007
JURISDICTION : Equity Division Corporations List
JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq
DECISION : The proceedings should not continue as a class action, but rather as the personal action of the current and any additional plaintiffs.
CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE [90]- Supreme Court procedure- New South Wales- Procedure under rules of court- Parties- Representative orders- Persons having "the same interest" in proceedings- What constitutes- Plaintiff and other named persons claim defendant represented that monies loaned under an investment scheme would be guaranteed- Group seeks damages when investment fails- However, plaintiff could not prove same representation made to entire Group- Proceedings cannot be continued as class action.
ASIC Act 2001 (Cth) Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 56 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 766B(3), 945A, Part 6D.2, Part 7.1 Div 3, Part 7.6 Div 5 LEGISLATION CITED : Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), ss 33C, 33N Supreme Court Rules 1970, Part 8 r 13(1) (repealed) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, rr 7.4, 7.5(1)
Abdool v Anaheim Management Ltd (1994) 15 OR (3d) 39 Abdool v Anaheim Management Ltd (1995) 121 DLR (4th) 496 Bedford (Duke) v Ellis [1901] AC 1 Blank v Beroya Pty Ltd (1967) 92 WN (NSW) 24 Bright v Femcare Ltd (2002) 195 ALR 574 Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Ltd (2004) 218 CLR 592 Byrne v Herbert [1966] 2 QB 121 Campbells Cash and Carry Pty Ltd v Fostif Pty Ltd (2006) 229 ALR 58; 80 ALJR 1441 Carnie v Esanda Finance Corporation Ltd (1995) 182 CLR 398 Carnie v Esanda Finance Corporation Ltd (1996) 38 NSWLR 465 Carom v Bre-X Minerals Ltd (2001) 51 OR (3d) 236; 196 DLR (4th) 344 Chancey v May (1722) Prec Ch 592; 24 ER 265 CASES CITED : David Jones v Cory Bros & Co Ltd (1921) 56 LJ 302 Dorajay Pty Ltd v Aristocrat Leisure Ltd (2005) 147 FCR 394 Financial Industry Complaints Service Ltd v Deakin Financial Services Pty Ltd (2006) 60 ACSR 372 Fostif Pty Ltd v Campbells Cash & Carry Pty Ltd (2005) 63 NSWLR 203 Hallows v Fernie (1868) LR 3 Ch App 467 Markt & Co Ltd v Knight Steamship Co Ltd [1910] 2 KB 1021 Nixon v Philip Morris (Australia) Ltd (1999) 95 FCR 453 O'Sullivan v Challenger Managed Investments Ltd [2007] NSWSC 383 P Dawson Nominees Pty Ltd v Multiplex Ltd (2007) 25 ACLC 1192 Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd [1981] Ch 229 Qantas Airways Ltd v Cameron (1996) 66 FCR 246 Rod Investments (Vic) Pty Ltd v Clark [2005] VSC 449 Tropical Shine Holdings Pty Ltd v Lake Gesture Pty Ltd (1993) 45 FCR 457 Wong v Silkfield Pty Ltd (1999) 199 CLR 255
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