Yuan v Huang [2023] NSWSC 1021

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Yuan v Huang [2023] NSWSC 1021 Hearing dates: 26 & 27 April 2023 and 5 May 2023 Date of orders: 28 August 2023 Decision date: 28 August 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Richmond J Decision: The charges of contempt of court against the first defendant found to be proved beyond reasonable doubt: see [77]. Catchwords: CONTEMPT — civil contempt — breach of orders — payment of monies in breach of freezing orders CONTEMPT — civil contempt — breach of orders — misleading the court Cases Cited: Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden [2001] NSWCA 32 ASIC v Sigalla (No 3) [2010] NSWSC 1076 Babka v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1989) 89 ALR 373; [1989] FCA 560 Brajkovich v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1989) 89 ALR 408; [1989] FCA 683 CC Containers Pty Ltd v Lee [2015] VSC 477 Commercial Union Assurance Company of Australia Ltd v Ferrcom Pty Ltd (1991) 22 NSWLR 389 Green v The Queen (1971) 126 CLR 28; [1971] HCA 55 Huang v Liao [2022] NSWSC 347 Lewis v Ogden (1984) 153 CLR 682; [1984] HCA 26 Mahaffy v Mahaffy [2013] NSWSC 245 National Australia Bank Ltd v Juric [2001] VSC 375 NHB Enterprises Pty Ltd v Corry (No 7) [2021] NSWSC 741 Pang v Bydand Holdings Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 69 Witham v Holloway (1995) 183 CLR 525; [1995] HCA 3 Woods v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1999) 43 ATR 491; [1999] FCA 1589 Zhang v Shi (No 5) [2021] VSC 695 Texts Cited: J D Heydon, Cross on Evidence (LexisNexis, 13th ed, 2021) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jinghui Yuan (Plaintiff) Jun Yu Huang (First Defendant) Yanyu Li (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Condon SC and H Zhao (Plaintiff)