Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited v Murphy Operator Pty Ltd

[2024] QCA 74

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Amendment of pleadings
3. › Amendment after limitation period
4. › New cause of action
5. › Whether new cause of action arises out of same or substantially same facts
6. › Whether proposed pleading alleging negligence in design and construction introduced new causes of action distinct from existing pleading alleging negligence in management and use
7. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld), r 376(4)
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Representative proceedings
3. › Suspension of limitation periods
4. › Whether suspension under s 103Z applies to representative parties
5. › Whether s 103ZA confers power to override r 376(4)
6. › Civil Proceedings Act 2011 (Qld), ss 103Z, 103ZA
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Representative proceedings
3. › Amendment of class definition
4. › Whether amendments expanding class of group members should take effect prospectively or retrospectively
5. › Civil Proceedings Act 2011 (Qld), s 103F
1. Appeal
2. › Appellate review of discretionary decisions
3. › Amendment of pleadings
4. › Whether mistaken view of scope of existing pleading constitutes legal error
5. › House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499

Quick Take

Representative parties in Queensland representative proceedings must comply with r 376(4) when seeking to amend to include new causes of action after limitation periods have expired, as the suspension of limitation periods under s 103Z does not extend to representative parties and s 103ZA cannot be used to circumvent r 376(4).