Claire Schneider (led by AC Stumer KC) appeared for the applicant defendants, instructed by Allens.
Australia Pacific LNG Pty Ltd v Santos Toga Pty Ltd [2025] QSC 49 concerned a strike out application by the defendants of the amended statement of claim in whole or in part, pursuant to r 171 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules or the Supreme Court’s inherent jurisdiction. The central issue was whether the statement of claim disclosed no reasonable cause of action or otherwise tended to prejudice or delay the fair trial of the proceeding. The court ordered that whilst the statement of claim in whole, disclosed a reasonable cause of action, and did not have a tendency to prejudice or delay the fair trial, several impugned provisions were struck out on the basis they caused confusion.
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