May v Walker [2023] NSWSC 1628

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: May v Walker [2023] NSWSC 1628 Hearing dates: 15 December 2023 Date of orders: 19 December 2023 Decision date: 19 December 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Duty List Before: McGrath J Decision: See [179] Catchwords: EQUITY — equitable remedies — interlocutory injunctions — principles — discharge of interlocutory injunction made ex parte — where the defendant is the 82-year-old proprietor of a residential property at Crackenback, New South Wales — where the plaintiffs allege lease agreement with the defendant — HELD — balance of convenience favours discharging the interlocutory injunctions Legislation Cited: Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) Cases Cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (2001) 208 CLR 199; [2009] HCA 63 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill (2006) 227 CLR 57; [2006] HCA 46 Beecham Group Ltd v Bristol Laboratories Pty Ltd (1968) 118 CLR 618; [1968] HCA 1 BMW Australia Ltd v Brewster (2019) 269 CLR 574; [2019] HCA 45 Bond v Gray [2013] NSWSC 1793 Caravelle Investments Ltd v Martaban Ltd (1999) 95 FCR 85; [1999] FCA 1505 Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia (1986) 161 CLR 148; [1968] HCA 58 First Netcom Pty Ltd v Telstra Corp Ltd (2000) 101 FCR 77; [2000] FCA 1269 Goater v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2014] NSWCA 265 Lakis v Lakis [2016] NSWSC 1459 Organic Marketing Australia Pty Ltd v Woolworths Ltd [2011] FCA 279 Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia (1998) 195 CLR 1; [1998] HCA 30 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd v Apple Inc (2011) 217 FCR 238; [2011] FCAFC 156 Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Apotex Pty Ltd (2014) 106 IPR 218; [2014] FCAFC 59 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Abby May (First Plaintiff) Dean William Gibson (Second Plaintiff) Neil Robert Walker (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Southwick (Plaintiffs) J Pokoney (Defendant)