BMW Australia Ltd v BrewsterWestpac Banking Corporation v LenthallCitation:[2019] HCA 45Before:Kiefel CJ, Bell, Gageler, Keane, Nettle, Gordon, Edelman JJDate:04 Dec 2019Case Number:S152/2019, S154/2019Read more

BMW Australia Ltd v BrewsterWestpac Banking Corporation v LenthallCitation:[2019] HCA 45Before:Kiefel CJ, Bell, Gageler, Keane, Nettle, Gordon, Edelman JJDate:04 Dec 2019Case Number:S152/2019, S154/2019Read more

The statutory provisions do not empower the Federal Court of Australia or the Supreme Court of New South Wales to make common fund orders in representative proceedings.

Parties
Applicant: Unknown Applicants; Respondent: Unknown Respondents
Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
04 December 2019
Procedural Posture
Representative Action / Judgment
Outcome
applications for common fund orders dismissed
Legal Topics
Representative Proceedings, Common Fund Orders, Litigation Funding

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Parties

Unknown Applicants

Applicant

Unknown Respondents

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Representative Action / Judgment

  1. 1 Whether s 33ZF of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) and s 183 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) empower the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of New South Wales to make common fund orders in representative proceedings

Ratio Decidendi

The statutory provisions do not empower the Federal Court of Australia or the Supreme Court of New South Wales to make common fund orders in representative proceedings.

Court Disposition

applications for common fund orders dismissed

Orders

  • No common fund orders to be made