Jiaqing Xu v Cao & Du Management Pty Ltd (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 1596

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Jiaqing Xu v Cao & Du Management Pty Ltd (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 1596 Hearing dates: 29 November 2024 Date of orders: 12 December 2024 Decision date: 12 December 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Coleman J Decision: See [84]-[86] Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — Interim preservation — Freezing orders — continuation of freezing orders made by Duty Judge — where both elements for the making of a freezing order are satisfied — where matters taken into account which allow the Court to infer that the defendants are dishonestly dealing with assets Legislation Cited: Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW) Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Atlanta Building Pty Ltd v Abela [2024] NSWSC 1193 Australian Securities and Investment Commission v Carey (No 6) (2006) 153 FCR 509; [2006] FCA 814 Cao v ISPT Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCA 188 ISPT Pty Ltd and AWPF Management No. 2 Pty Ltd v Cao and Zhao [2023] NSWSC 1115 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298; [1959] HCA 8 KR Properties Global Pty Ltd (CAN 602 693 729) t/as AK Properties Group (ABN 62 871 068 965) v Kazzi [2024] NSWCA 141 Samimi v Seyedabadi [2013] NSWCA 279 Jiaqing Xu v Cao & Du Management Pty Ltd & Anor [2024] NSWSC 1474 Category: Consequential orders Parties: Jiaqing Xu (Plaintiff) Cao & Du Management Pty Ltd (First defendant) Howard Hoa Ting Cao (Second defendant) Representation: Counsel: D Pritchard SC (Plaintiff) R Alkadamani (First and second defendants)