Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Australian Securities & Investments Commission in the matter of Northwest Resources Limited v Craigside Company Limited BVI company number 74124 named in the Schedule [2013] FCA 201 Citation: Australian Securities & Investments Commission in the matter of Northwest Resources Limited v Craigside Company Limited BVI company number 74124 named in the Schedule [2013] FCA 201
Parties: AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES & INVESTMENTS COMMISSION v CRAIGSIDE COMPANY LIMITED BVI COMPANY NUMBER 74124 AND OTHERS NAMED IN THE SCHEDULE, JOHN LINDSAY MERITY, ANTHONY NEDDERMAN and NORTHWEST RESOURCES LIMITED (ACN 107 337 379); JOHN LINDSAY MERITY; ANTHONY NEDDERMAN and NORTHWEST RESOURCES LIMITED (ACN 107 337 379)
File number(s): VID 1440 of 2011
Judge: JAGOT J
Date of judgment: 11 March 2013
Catchwords: CORPORATIONS – ASIC investigation – contravention of Corporations Act 2001 – stay of civil proceedings – criminal prosecution on the cards – real risk of prejudice
Legislation: Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
Cases cited: Australian Securities and Investments Commission v HLP Financial Planning (Aust) Pty Ltd (2007) 164 FCR 487; [2007] FCA 1868 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Fuelbanc Australia Ltd (2007) 162 FCR 174; [2007] FCA 960 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Intertax Holdings Pty Ltd [2006] QSC 276 Australian Softwood Forests Pty Ltd v Attorney-General (NSW) ex rel Corporate Affairs Commission (1981) 148 CLR 121 Beecee Group v Barton (1980) 5 ACLR 33 Caesar v Somner [1980] 2 NSWLR 929 Commonwealth v Sterling Nicholas Duty Free Pty Ltd (1972) 126 CLR 297 Hearne v Street (2008) 235 CLR 125; [2008] HCA 36 Jefferson v Bhetcha [1979] 1 WLR 898 McMahon v Gould (1982) 7 ACLR 202 Re Saltergate Insurance Co Ltd (1980) 4 ACLR 733 Reid v Howard (1995) 184 CLR 1 Rochfort v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1972] 1 NSWLR 16 Sankey v Whitlam (1978) 142 CLR 1 Transphere Corporate Affairs Commission (NSW) v Transphere Pty Ltd (1988) 15 NSWLR 596 Websyte Corp Pty Ltd v Alexander (No 2) [2012] FCA 562 Date of hearing: 4 March 2013
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