NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : K & J Acquisitions Pty Ltd & Anor v Manauzzi & Anor [2009] NSWSC 279
HEARING DATE(S) : 7.4.09
JUDGMENT DATE : 17 April 2009
JURISDICTION : Common Law Division
JUDGMENT OF : Kirby J
DECISION : (1) The Amended Notice of Motion of 4 March 2009 by the defendants is dismissed. (2) The defendants should pay the plaintiffs' costs.
CATCHWORDS : CIVIL LAW - procedure - summary dismissal - claim by company and shareholder in respect of same loss - application of "Prudential principle" - COSTS - security for costs against impecunious plaintiff company where multiple plaintiffs - one plaintiff a natural person - rule of thumb.
LEGISLATION CITED : Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Trade Practices Act 1974
CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings
General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Cox v Journeaux (No 2) (1935) 52 CLR 713 Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd (No 2) [1982] Ch 204; [1982] 1 All ER 354 Gould v Vaggelas (1985) 157 CLR 215 Chen v Karandonis [2002] NSWCA 412 Thomas v D'Arcy [2005] QCA 68; [2005] 1 Qd R 666 Visnic v Sywak & Ors [2008] NSWSC 427 Ballard v Multiplex Limited [2008] NSWSC 1019 CASES CITED : Johnson v Gore Wood & Co [2002] 2 AC 1 Harpur & Ors v Ariadne Australia Ltd & Ors (No 2) (1984) 8 ACLR 835 Maples v Hughes [2002] NSWSC 617 John Bishop (Caterers) Ltd & Anor v National Union Bank Ltd & Ors [1973] 1 All ER 707 Ingot Capital Investments Pty Ltd v Macquarie Equity Capital Markets Ltd [2002] NSWSC 609 Street & 7 Ors v Luna Park Sydney Pty Ltd & 3 Ors [2006] NSWSC 1317 Currabubula & Paola v State Bank NSW [2000] NSWSC 232 Ellingsen v Det Skandinaviske Compani [1919] 2 KB 567 Duchman v Oakland Diary Co Ltd [1930] 4 DLR 989
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