Bennett (bht Jones) v State of New South Wales & Anor. [2022] NSWSC 1406

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Bennett (bht Jones) v State of New South Wales & Anor. [2022] NSWSC 1406 Hearing dates: 17 October 2022 Date of orders: 17 October 2022 Decision date: 17 October 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Chen J Decision: (1) Dismiss the plaintiff's notice of motion filed 12 September 2022. (2) No order as to costs such that the plaintiff bear his own costs of, and incidental to, the notice of motion. (3) Direct that, to the extent that leave under s 4 of the Felons (Civil Proceedings) Act 1981 (NSW) is necessary to commence these proceedings, any notice of motion be filed and served by 31 October 2022, 5pm. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – ex parte application for freezing order of second defendant's assets – whether application should proceed ex parte – principles relevant to the granting of a freezing order – no evidence of risk the defendant will dispose of property Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crown Proceedings Act 1988 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Ansah v Ansah [1977] Fam 138 Byron v J BG Contractors (NSW) Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 549 Cardile v LED Builders Pty Ltd (1999) 198 CLR 380 Drama Unit Pty Ltd v Cook [2019] NSWCA 276 Frigo v Culhaci [1998] NSWCA 88 Hoskins v Van Den-Braak (1998) 43 NSWLR 290 In the matter of C & L Cameron Pty Ltd - GB Gazzana v Nadalan Enterprises Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 676 Jackson v Sterling Industries Ltd (1987) 162 CLR 612 Lake v Crawford (No. 2) [2010] NSWSC 419 Moat Housing Group-South Ltd v Harris [2006] QB 606 Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia (No 3) (1998) 72 ALJR 873 Patterson v BTR Engineering (Aust) Ltd (1989) 18 NSWLR 319 Resort Hotels Management Pty Ltd v Resort Hotels of Australia Pty Ltd (1991) 22 NSWLR 730 Severstal Export GmbH v Bhushan Steel Ltd (2013) 84 NSWLR 141; [2013] NSWCA 102 The Commissioner of Police v Tanos (1957) 98 CLR 383 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 Thomas A Edison Ltd v Bullock (1912) 15 CLR 679 TZ Ltd v ZMS Investments Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 196 Z Ltd v A-Z and AA-LL [1982] 2 WLR 288 Texts Cited: Practice Note No. SC Gen 14 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: John Buzzy Robert Bennett (by his tutor Wendy Jones) (Plaintiff) State of New South Wales, Department of Education (First Defendant) David Alfred Hilder (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Algie (Plaintiff) No appearance (First Defendant) No Appearance (Second Defendant)