Clipsal Australia Pty Ltd v ACN 134 468 205 (formerly Clipso Electrical Pty Ltd) (No 5) [2017] FCA 1584

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Clipsal Australia Pty Ltd v ACN 134 468 205 (formerly Clipso Electrical Pty Ltd) (No 5) [2017] FCA 1584 File number: NSD 2537 of 2013

Judge: BROMWICH J

Date of judgment: 21 December 2017

Catchwords: CONTEMPT OF COURT – sentencing – admitted contempt of court – where contemnor breached orders of the Court requiring delivery up of particular goods and materials – whether proven beyond reasonable doubt that the contemnor's conduct was defiant or contumacious – whether fine, suspended sentence of imprisonment or imprisonment appropriate

Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 191

Cases cited: AGL Energy Limited v Hardy (No 2) [2017] FCA 863 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Leahy Petroleum Pty Ltd (No 2) [2005] FCA 254; 215 ALR 281 Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union v Mudginberri Station Pty Ltd (1986) 161 CLR 98 Barbaro v The Queen [2014] HCA 2; 253 CLR 58 Bob Jane Corp Pty Ltd v ACN 149 801 141 Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 637 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd [2003] FCAFC 13; 196 ALR 350 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Boral Resources (Vic) Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 21; 256 CLR 375 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Grocon Constructors (Victoria) Pty Ltd [2014] VSCA 261; 47 VR 527 Hili v The Queen [2010] HCA 45; 242 CLR 520 Kazal v Thunder Studios Inc (California) [2017] FCAFC 111 Louis Vuitton Malletier SA v Design Elegance Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 83 NW Frozen Foods Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (1996) 71 FCR 285 TiVo v Vivo International Corporation Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 1340