Zhang v Woo [2021] NSWSC 1496

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Zhang v Woo [2021] NSWSC 1496 Hearing dates: 11 to 12 November 2021 Decision date: 19 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity - Duty List Before: Robb J Decision: See pars [112], [121]-[123], [128] and [129]. The parties should confer and provide to my Associate appropriate draft short minutes of order to be made by the Court. The Court orders that order 1 made by the Court on 12 November 2021 shall continue in effect until the Court makes the orders necessary to give effect to these reasons for judgment. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — Interim preservation — Freezing orders — Where the substantive proceedings concern by way of restitution the recovery of monies paid directly or indirectly by the plaintiff to the defendants — Where the plaintiff seeks freezing orders by reason of the risk of dissipation of the defendants' assets — Where the defendants opposed the making of the freezing orders — Where the Court held that the circumstances warranted the making of freezing orders against the defendants Legislation Cited: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Cases Cited: Blue Mirror Pty Ltd v Pegasus Australia Developments Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 961 Harrison Partners Construction Pty Ltd v Jevena Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 1225; (2005) 225 ALR 369 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Yanna (Teresa) Zhang (plaintiff) Eric Woo (first defendant) TingTing Zhan (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: S Docker (plaintiff) H W Somerville (first and second defendants)