Jacqualine Pty Ltd v Valsand Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 1037

Jacqualine Pty Ltd v Valsand Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 1037

The Court dismissed the application because paragraph 63(c), read non-pedantically, adequately disclosed the basis of the alleged estoppel; the requested particulars were not warranted because the relevant pleading either already identified the requirement or merely put in issue a premise of the applicants' own pleading; and the controversy about paragraph 33(c)(ii) should not be determined where leave to further amend paragraph 33 would avoid deciding an academic issue. Given mixed forensic success, no order as to costs was made.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
19 August 2011
Procedural Posture
Practice and Procedure Pleadings and Particulars / Interlocutory Application to Strike Out Paragraphs of the Amended Defence of the Third and Fourth Respondents, or Alternatively for Further and Better Particulars
Outcome
Application dismissed; third and fourth respondents granted leave further to amend paragraph 33 of the existing amended defence; no order as to costs.
Legal Topics
['pleadings' 'particulars' 'strike Out Application' 'amended Defence' 'estoppel']
['practice and Procedure'] ['pleadings' 'particulars' 'strike Out Application' 'amended Defence' 'estoppel']

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Procedural Posture

Practice and Procedure Pleadings and Particulars / Interlocutory Application to Strike Out Paragraphs of the Amended Defence of the Third and Fourth Respondents, or Alternatively for Further and Better Particulars

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether paragraph 33(c) of the amended defence of the third and fourth respondents should be struck out or further particularised.' 'Whether paragraph 63(c) of the amended defence adequately disclosed the basis on which estoppel was said to arise.' 'Whether further and better particulars should be ordered for paragraphs 30(a), 33(c), 35(a)(iii) and 63(c) of the amended defence.' "What costs order should be made given the parties' mixed forensic success."]

Ratio Decidendi

The Court dismissed the application because paragraph 63(c), read non-pedantically, adequately disclosed the basis of the alleged estoppel; the requested particulars were not warranted because the relevant pleading either already identified the requirement or merely put in issue a premise of the applicants' own pleading; and the controversy about paragraph 33(c)(ii) should not be determined where leave to further amend paragraph 33 would avoid deciding an academic issue. Given mixed forensic success, no order as to costs was made.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed; third and fourth respondents granted leave further to amend paragraph 33 of the existing amended defence; no order as to costs.

Orders

  • ['The application is dismissed.' 'The third and fourth respondents have leave further to amend paragraph 33 of the existing amended defence.' 'The further amended defence is to be filed and served by 30 August 2011.' 'There be no order as to costs.']