Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Limited & Ors v Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd & Ors [2011] NSWSC 704

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Limited & Ors v Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd & Ors [2011] NSWSC 704 Hearing dates: 7 July 2011 Decision date: 08 July 2011 Before: Ball J Decision: 1. Paragraphs 95 to 99 and 138 to 142 of the Amended Commercial List Statement be struck out. 2. The fourth, fifth, sixth, ninth and tenth defendants' notice of motion dated 23 June 2011 otherwise be dismissed. 3. Each party bear his or its own costs of the motion. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - civil - commercial list statement - strike out application - no issue of principle Legislation Cited: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Legal Profession Act 2004 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Cook Strait Skyferry Ltd v Dennis Thompson International Ltd [1993] 2 NZLR 72 Farah Constructions Pty Limited v Say-Dee Pty Ltd [2007] HCA 22; (2007) 230 CLR 89 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Imperial Oil Ltd v C & G Holdings Ltd (1989) 62 DLR (4th) 261 Ridgeway Maritime Inc v Beulah Wings Ltd (The Leon) [1991] 2 Lloyd's Rep 611 Rutherford v Poole [1953] VLR 130 at 135 Said v Butt [1920] 3 KB 497 Telecom Vanuatu Ltd v Optus Networks Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 951 Tsaprazis v Goldcrest Properties Pty Limited [2000] NSWSC 206, (2000) 18 ACLC 285 Ucak v Avante Developments Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 367 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Limited (ACN 005 709 928) (First Plaintiff) Armstrong Consulting Pty Ltd (ACN 073 762 940) (Second Plaintiff) Kenneth Alan Armstrong (Third Plaintiff) Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd (ACN 008 852 926) (First Defendant) ERA Insurance Services Pty Ltd (ACN 109 873 010) (Second Defendant) Expense Reduction Analysts Australasia Pty Ltd (ACN 095 591 665) (Third Defendant) Stuart Roy Michael (Fourth Defendant) Ronald Clucas (Fifth Defendant) Charles Frederick Marfleet (Sixth Defendant) ERAGICS Limited (Seventh Defendant) Expense Reduction Analysts International Limited (Eighth Defendant) Keith John Chapman (Ninth Defendant) Anthony Frederick Dormer (Tenth Defendant) Representation: F Kunc SC (Plaintiffs) C N Bova (Plaintiffs) E A J Hyde (Fourth to Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Defendants) Marque Lawyers Pty Ltd (Plaintiffs) Norton Rose (Fourth to Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Defendants) File Number(s): 2011/76919 and 2010/111268