Dyczynski v Gibson

• Jurisdiction: Australia Federal only
• Judgment Date: 07 July 2020
• Neutral Citation: [2020] FCAFC 120
• Date: 07 July 2020
• Court: Full Federal Court (Australia)

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Dyczynski v Gibson [2020] FCAFC 120

Appeal from:	Gibson v Malaysian Airline System Berhad (Class Membership) [2019] FCA 1399
File number:	NSD 1501 of 2019
Judges:	MURPHY, LEE AND COLVIN JJ
Date of judgment:	7 July 2020
Catchwords:	HIGH COURT AND FEDERAL COURT – Federal jurisdiction – jurisdiction of the Federal Court to determine the claims of all group members – meaning of “matter” ; PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for leave to appeal – procedural fairness – application to file cross appeal out of time – application to file notice of contention out of time ; PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE –application of Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1959 (Cth) – application of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (Montréal, 28 May 1999) – jurisdiction under Art 33 of Montréal Convention – consideration of limitations of actions and extinguishment of claim under Art 35 of Montréal Convention ; REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDINGS – procedure under Part IVA of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) (Act) – meaning of “claims” under s 33C –requirements of s 33H – group membership and how a person may be excluded from group membership – requirement for notice under s 33X – representative applicant is only a privy in interest in relation to the common claims of group members and not their individual claims – whether orders made pursuant to s 33ZB sufficient and preferable to bind all group members – necessity of orders made under s 33V to bind group members to settlement – suspension of time under s 33ZE – supervisory role of the Court in relation to the interests of group members ; COSTS – application of the overarching purpose under s 37M of the Act – consideration of the Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules 2015 (NSW) and the Uniform Conduct (Barristers) Rules 2015 (NSW) – failure to obtain instructions – failure to communicate with client – duty not to act contrary to a group member’s interests where no retainer – duty to avoid conflicts – indemnity costs
Legislation:	Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1959 (Cth) ss 9B, 9D Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 136 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 4, 33A, 33C, 33E, 33H, 33J, 33K, 33L, 33M, 33N, 33Q, 33S, 33T, 33V, 33W, 33X, 33ZB, 33ZE, 33ZF, 37M, 43, Pts IVA, VB Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 79 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 52, 74B, 74D, 82 Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules 2015 (NSW) rr 4.1.1, 4.1.3, 8.1, 9, 10, 11, 12 Legal Profession Uniform Conduct (Barristers) Rules 2015 (NSW) ; Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (Montréal, 28 May 1999) Arts 17, 33, 35
Cases cited:	Abram v Bank of New Zealand [1996] FCA 635; (1996) ATPR ¶41-507 Agtrack (NT) Pty Ltd v Hatfield [2005] HCA 38; (2005) 223 CLR 251 Allphones Retail Pty Ltd v Weimann [2009] FCAFC 135 Andelman v Secretary, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs [2011] FCA 299; (2011) 213 FCR 345 Ashmore v Corp of Lloyd’s [1992] 2 All ER 486 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Giraffe World Australia Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 819; (1998) 84 FCR 512 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Edensor Nominees Pty Limited [2001] HCA 1; (2001) 204 CLR 559 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd v Pekell Delaire Holdings Pty Ltd [2017] VSCA 51; (2017) 118 ACSR 592 BMW Australia Ltd v Brewster [2019] HCA 45; (2019) 374 ALR 627 Bray v F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd [2003] FCAFC 153; (2003) 130 FCR 317 Bright v Femcare Ltd [2002] FCAFC 243; (2002) 195 ALR 574 Byrne v Javelin Asset Management Pty Ltd [2016] VSCA 214 Camilleri v Trust Company (Nominees) Limited [2015] FCA 1468 City of Swan v McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc [2016] FCA 343; (2016) 112 ACSR 65 Clark v National Australia Bank Limited (No 2) [2020] FCA 652 Clarke (as trustee of the Clarke Family Trust) v Great Southern Finance Pty Ltd [2014] VSC 516 Coshott v Parker [2018] FCA 596; (2018) 16 ABC(NS) 8 Courtney v Medtel Pty Limited (No 5) [2004] FCA 1406; (2004) 212 ALR 311 D’Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid [2005] HCA 12; (2005) 223 CLR 1 Davidson’s Settlement Trusts (1873) LR 15 Eq 383 Dillon v RBS Group (Australia) Pty Limited (No 2) [2018] FCA 395 Dillon v RBS Group (Australia) Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 896; (2017) 252 FCR 150 Essential Energy v Rose [2020] FCA 722 Ethicon Sarl v Gill [2018] FCAFC 137; (2018) 264 FCR 394 Femcare Ltd v Bright [2000] FCA 512; (2000) 100 FCR 331 Fencott v Muller [1983] HCA 12; (1983) 152 CLR 570 Giannareli v Wraith [1988] HCA 52; (1988) 165 CLR 543 Gibson v Malaysian Airline System Berhad (Class Membership) [2019] FCA 1399 Gibson v Malaysian Airline System Berhad (No 2) [2017] FCA 701 Gibson v Malaysian Airline System Berhad (Settlement Approval) [2019] FCA 1007 Gibson v Malaysian Airline System Berhad [2016] FCA 1476 Gill v Ethicon Sàrl (No 3) [2019] FCA 587; (2019) 369 ALR 175 Gulf Air Co GSC v Fattouh [2008] NSWCA 225; (2008) 230 FLR 311 Hamod v State of New South Wales [2011] NSWCA 375 In the Matter of Treasury Wine Estates Limited (No 4) [2019] FCA 804 Jenkins v NZI Securities Australia Ltd [1994] FCA 678; (1994) 52 FCR 572 Kelly v Willmott Forests Ltd (in liquidation) (No 4) [2016] FCA 323; (2016) 335 ALR 439 King v GIO Australia Holdings Limited [2000] FCA 617; (2000) 100 FCR 209 Laszczuk v Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd [2020] VSCA 17 Lemoto v Able Technical Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 153; (2005) 63 NSWLR 300 Lewis v Ogden [1984] HCA 26; (1984) 153 CLR 682 Maguire v Makaronis [1997] HCA 23; (1997) 188 CLR 449 Melbourne City Investments Pty Ltd v Treasury Wine Estates Limited [2017] FCAFC 98; (2012) 252 FCR 1 Melbourne City Investments Pty Ltd v Treasury Wine Estates Limited (No 2) [2017] FCAFC 116 Minogue v Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission [1999] FCA 85; (1999) 84 FCR 438 Mobil Oil Australia Pty Ltd v State of Victoria [2002] HCA 27; (2002) 211 CLR 1 Newstart 123 Pty Ltd v Billabong International Ltd [2016] FCA 1194; (2016) 343 ALR 662 Petrusevki v Bulldogs Rugby League Ltd [2003] FCA 61 Prince Jefri Bolkiah v KPMG (a firm) [1999] 2 AC 222 Rajski v Scitec Corporation Pty Ltd (unreported, NSWCA, Kirby, Samuels and Mahoney JJ, 16 June 1986) Ramsay v Pigram [1968] HCA 34; (1968) 118 CLR 271 Ridehalgh v Horsefield [1994] Ch 205 Saif Ali v Sydney Mitchell and Co [1980] AC 198 Silkfield Pty Ltd v Wong [1998] FCA 1488; (1998) 90 FCR 152 Steindl Nominees Pty Ltd v Laghaifar [2003] QCA 157; [2003] 2 Qd R 683 SZRUR v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2013] FCAFC 146; (2013) 216 FCR 445 Timbercorp Finance Pty Ltd (in liq) v Collins [2016] HCA 44; (2016) 259 CLR 212 Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 28; (2015) 256 CLR 507 Trustee for The MTGI Trust v Johnston [2016] FCAFC 140 United Airlines Inc v Sercel Australia Pty Ltd [2012] NSWCA 24; (2012) 260 FLR 37 West v Rane (No 2) [2020] FCA 616 Wileypark Pty Ltd v AMP Ltd [2018] FCAFC 143; (2018) 265 FCR 1 Wong v Silkfield Pty Ltd [1999] HCA 48; (1999) 199 CLR 255 Zeims v The Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales [1957] HCA 46; (1957) 97 CLR 279
Date of hearing:	12 May 2020
Registry:	New South Wales
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