Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Basetec Services Pty Ltd v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] FCA 762 Citation: Basetec Services Pty Ltd v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] FCA 762
Parties: BASETEC SERVICES PTY LTD ABN 30 086 798 361 v LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS PTY LTD ABN 98 000 893 667
File number: SAD 84 of 2014
Judge: WHITE J
Date of judgment: 17 July 2015
Catchwords: CONTEMPT OF COURT – whether past or apprehended future conduct of applicant's director could constitute contempt of court – director having conveyed intention to apply pressure on respondent through media and political avenues – whether apprehended conduct had tendency to interfere with the course of justice – whether injunctions should be granted restraining forms of communication by director – considerations for and against – form of injunctions
Cases cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill [2006] HCA 46; (2006) 227 CLR 57 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Preston [1981] 2 NSWLR 554 Gallagher v Destiny Publications Proprietary Limited [2015] WASC 40 Gallagher v Durack (1983) 45 ALR 53 Harkianakis v Skalkos (1997) 42 NSWLR 22 Resolute Limited v Warnes [2000] WASCA 359 State of Victoria v Australian Building Construction Employees' and Builders Labourers' Federation (1982) 41 ALR 71 Willshire-Smith v Votino Bros Pty Ltd (1993) 41 FCR 496 Y and Z v W [2007] NSWCA 329; (2007) 70 NSWLR 377
Date of hearing: 17 July 2015
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