FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

 

IMF (AUSTRALIA) LTD v SONS OF GWALIA LTD (ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED) ACN 008 994 287 [2004] FCA 1390

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMF (AUSTRALIA) LTD v SONS OF GWALIA LTD (ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED) ACN 008 994 287

W227 OF 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRENCH J

1 NOVEMBER 2004 (Corrigendum dated 11 January 2005)

MELBOURNE (HEARD IN PERTH)



IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

 

WESTERN AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY

W227 OF 2004

 

BETWEEN:

IMF (AUSTRALIA) LTD

APPLICANT

 

AND:

SONS OF GWALIA LTD (ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED) ACN 008 994 287

RESPONDENT

 

 

JUDGE:

FRENCH J

DATE:

1 NOVEMBER 2004 (Corrigendum dated 11 January 2005)

PLACE:

MELBOURNE (Heard in Perth)

 

 

            In the reasons for judgment delivered on 1 November 2004 at [47] delete the first sentence and replace with:


            ‘The requirement of a proper contradictor in a declaratory context is not merely to ensure that the Court will be provided with all materials but also arises because absent a contradictor there is no person to be bound by the relief sought: Acs v Anderson (1974) 1 NSWLR 212 at 215 (Hutley JA) cited in PW Young, Declaratory Orders Butterworths 2nd Edition at [210].’



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Dated:              11 January 2005