France v Siekaup (No 3) [2021] NSWSC 497

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: France v Siekaup (No 3) [2021] NSWSC 497 Hearing dates: 26 April 2021 and 3 May 2021 Decision date: 07 May 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity - Duty List Before: Henry J Decision: Limitation on freezing orders sought by the defendants refused. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – interim preservation – freezing orders – ambit and extent – where second defendant misdescribed as trustee for incorrect trust – whether property held by trustee company for the misdescribed trust caught by freezing order Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 64 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, rr 36.16, 36.17 Cases Cited: ASIC v Sigalla (No 4) (2011) 80 NSWLR 113; [2011] NSWSC 62 Brown Brothers Waste Contractors Pty Ltd v Pittwater Council (2015) 90 NSWLR 717; [2015] NSWCA 215 DKLR Holding Co (No 2) Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Stamp Duties (NSW) [1980] 1 NSWLR 510 Federal Bank of the Middle East Ltd v Hadkinson [2000] 1 WLR 1695; [2000] 2 All ER 395 General Credits Limited v Tawilla Pty Ltd [1984] 1 Qd R 388 Helvetic Investment Corporation Pty Ltd v Knight (1984) 9 ACLR 773 McLean v Burns Philp Trustee Co Pty Ltd (1985) 2 NSWLR 623 Octavo Investments v Knight (1979) 144 CLR 360; [1979] HCA 61 Provident Capital Ltd v Zone Developments Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 843 R & I Bank of Western Australia Ltd v Anchorage Investments Pty Ltd (1993) 10 WAR 59 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Margaret Ann France (Plaintiff) Karin Elisabeth Siekaup (First Defendant) Sieve-Storm Pty Ltd ACN 160 562 354 atf Affordable Property Trust (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Klooster (Plaintiff) S Bell (Defendants)