Dooney v Henry [2000] HCA 44

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

CALLINAN J

Matter No B70/1999

JOHN DOONEY PLAINTIFF

AND

MORRIS JAMES CLIFFORD HENRY DEFENDANT

(also known as JIM HENRY)

Matter No B71/1999

JOHN DOONEY PLAINTIFF

AND

STEPHEN CHAPMAN, DEFENDANT

Deputy Commissioner of Taxation

Matter No B79/1999

VINCENT MORGILLO PLAINTIFF

AND

SPENCER ROSS DE VERE DEFENDANT

Matter No B80/1999

VINCENT MORGILLO PLAINTIFF

AND

STEPHEN CHAPMAN, DEFENDANTS

Deputy Commissioner of Taxation & ANOR

Matter No B86/1999

IVAN GORSHKOV PLAINTIFF

AND

MARGARET MARY KEY DEFENDANT

Matter No B87/1999

IVAN GORSHKOV PLAINTIFF

AND

STEPHEN CHAPMAN, DEFENDANT

Deputy Commissioner of Taxation

Matter No B88/1999

JEREMY DIVE PLAINTIFF

AND

STEPHEN CHAPMAN, DEFENDANT

Deputy Commissioner of Taxation

Matter No B89/1999

JEREMY DIVE PLAINTIFF

AND

MARGARET MARY KEY DEFENDANT

Matter No B5/2000

WILLIAM GAIR PLAINTIFF

AND

STEPHEN CHAPMAN, DEFENDANT

Deputy Commissioner of Taxation

Matter No B7/2000

MATTHEW MOELIKER PLAINTIFF

AND

MORRIS JAMES CLIFFORD HENRY DEFENDANT

(also known as JIM HENRY)

Matter No B8/2000

MATTHEW MOELIKER PLAINTIFF

AND

STEPHEN CHAPMAN DEFENDANT

Dooney v Henry

[2000] HCA 44

24 August 2000

B70/1999, B71/1999, B79/1999, B80/1999, B86/1999, B87/1999

B88/1999, B89/1999, B5/2000, B7/2000 and B8/2000

ORDER

In each matter:

1. The action be permanently stayed.

2. The respondent plaintiff or plaintiffs pay the applicant defendant's costs of the action (including this application) on an indemnity basis.

3. In action B5 of 2000 I order that:

(i) each party file any further material intended to be relied upon before 25 September next;

(ii) that written submissions be filed by each party before 10 October next; and

(iii) that the applicant's summons be adjourned to a date to be fixed.

Representation:

Matter Nos B70/1999, B71/1999, B86/1999, B87/1999,

B88/1999, B89/1999, B7/2000 and B8/2000

D C Fitzgibbon for the plaintiff (instructed by Peter Brooke & Company)