ASIC v Farley & Anor [2001] NSWSC 549

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : ASIC v Farley & Anor [2001] NSWSC 549 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 10267/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 23 & 24 April 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 June 2001

Australian Securities and Investments Commission PARTIES : Gerard Andrew Farley Lilian Horler LCM JUDGMENT OF : Sperling J at 1

LOWER COURT Local Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Horler LCM JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr David Hammerschlag SC with Mr McGuire for the Plaintiff Mr Alexander Street SC for the Defendant SOLICITORS : Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions for the Plaintiff Garland Hawthorne Brahe Solicitors & Attorneys for the First Defendant CATCHWORDS : Costs - whether to award in favour of the Crown in a claim for prerogative relief. LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s76 Attorney General of Queensland v Holland (1912) 15 CLR 46 Bacon v Rose & Anor [1972] 2 NSWLR 793 Cassell v DPP & Ors [2000] NSWCA 226 Charara v The Director of Public Prosecutions & Ors [2001] NSWCA 140 Ex Parte Coffey, Re Evans & Anor [1971] 1 NSWLR 434 Ex Parte Cousens: Re Blackett & Anor (1946) 47 SR (NSW) 145 CASES CITED : Ex Parte Donald; Re McMurray & Anor (1969) 89 WN (Pt 1) 426 Ex Parte Lyndon: Re Cooper (1957) SR (NSW) 626 Green v Jones & Anor [1979] 2 NSWLR 812 Kruse v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions & Ors [2001] NSWCA 59 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534 Pavia (1993) 67 A Crim R 364 R v Mosley (1992) 28 NSWLR 735 Wright v Judge Keon-Cohen (Brooking J, unreported, 18 September 1992) DECISION : Mr Farley is ordered to pay ASIC's cost of the proceedings in this Court.