Kristine Anne Patterson v Sureslim Australia Pty Ltd and anor and Julie Anfield and anor v Sureslim Australia Pty Ltd and ors [2006] NSWIRComm 349

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Kristine Anne Patterson v Sureslim Australia Pty Ltd and anor and Julie Anfield and anor v Sureslim Australia Pty Ltd and ors [2006] NSWIRComm 349

APPLICANTS: Kristine Anne Patterson; Julie Anfield and anor

RESPONDENTS: PARTIES: Calvin Nesbitt Tulloch, Petro Hettie Tulloch, Sureslim Australia and ors.

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 4254 and 5396 of 2005

CORAM: Haylen J

Unfair contract - Industrial Relations Act 1996 - s 106 - mareva orders obtained without offering an undertaking as to damages - notice of motion seeking dissolution of mareva orders - major assets sold to meet legitimate debts - cash income from overseas business interests only remaining assets - complex company structure with offshore connections - respondents holding dual citizenship - no evidence of risk of flight from jurisdiction - evidence fails to establish moves to improperly dissipate assets of respondents - mareva orders dissolved CATCHWORDS: Mareva orders - requirements for granting such orders - need for undertaking as to damages.

Cardile & Ors v LED Builders Pty Limited (1999) 198 CLR 380 Electric Mobility Company Pty Limited v Whizz Enterprises Pty Limited (2006) NSWSC 580 Frigo v Culhaci (1998) NSWSC 393 CASES CITED: Lawindi v Elkateb (2001) NSWSC 865 Nimenia Maritime Corp v Trave Schiffahrtsgesellschaft MB & Co KG [1984] 1 All ER 398. Patterson v BTR Engineering Australia Pty Limited (1989) 18 NSWLR 319 Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd & ors v Maritime Union of Australia (No 3) (1998) 72 ALJR 873 at 892 VisyBoard Pty Ltd v AFMEPKIU & ors (1999) 91 IR 88