Macculloch v TNT Ltd & Ors [2000] NSWSC 1183

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Macculloch v TNT Ltd & Ors [2000] NSWSC 1183 CURRENT JURISDICTION: 20823/96 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20823/96 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 December 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 December 2000

Donald Kennedy Macculloch (Plaintiff)

TNT Australia Pty Limited ACN 000 495 269 (First Defendant)

Douglas Hamilton Hannon (Second Defendant)

Peter Keith Bailey (Third Defendant)

Murray James Reynolds (Fourth Defendant) PARTIES : Garry Phillip Bourke (Fifth Defendant)

State of New South Wales (Sixth Defendant)

Peter William George (Seventh Defendant)

Brian Murray (Eighth Defendant)

Steven Ward (Ninth Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr P S Hastings QC with Ms D Spears (Plaintiff)

COUNSEL : Mr A Leopold (1st to 5th Defendants)

Mr D A Buchanan SC (6th to 9th Defendants) Gary Stewart & Associates (Plaintiff)

Ebsworth & Ebsworth SOLICITORS : (1st to 6th Defendants)

Ms J M Graham Crown Solicitors Office (6th to 9th Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Stike out - malicious prosecution - false imprisonment Supreme Court Rules - Part 13 r 5; Part 40 r 8; Part 15 r 26 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act Justices Act - s 81(4) Associates Securities Finance Ltd v Harrow Properties Pty Limited (NSWSC Lee J, 26 May 1977 unreported) Air Services Australia v Zarb (NSWCA unreported, 26 August 1998) Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1948-49) 78 CLR 62 General Stel Industries Inc v Commissioners for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 H 1976 Nominees Pty Ltd v Galli Ltd & Quarries Ltd (1979) ALR 181 Daemar v Industrial Commission of New South Wales (No 2) (1990) 22 NSWLR 178 Faulkner v Bluett (1981) 52 FLR 115 Mannigel v Hewlett Phelps (NSWCA, unreported 12 June 1991) Daemar v The Industrial Commissioner of New South Wales (No 1) (1988) 12 NSWLR 45 Bryant v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1997) 75 FCR 545 Luyt v State of New South Wales (NSWSC, unreported 4 March 1999, Windeyer J) McDonald v Coles Myers Ltd (t/as K-mart Chatswood) (1995) Aust Tort Reports 81-361 CASES CITED : Cox v Journeaux (No 2) (1935) 52 CLR 713 Exparte Vine, Re Wilson (1878) 8 ChD 364 Howard v Crowther (1841) 8 M&W 601, 151 ER 1179 Clark v Calvert (1891) 8 Taunt 742, 129 ER 573 Rose v Bucket [1901] 2 KB 449 Bailey v Thurston & Co Ltd [1903] 1 KB 173 Drake v Beckham (1843) 11 M&W 315, 152 ER 823 Child v Lewis (1924) 40 TLR 870 Lowden v Goodrick (1791) PEAKE 64 Pettit v Addington (1791) PEAKE 87 Grimwade v State of Victoria 90 (1996-1997) Aust Crim Reports 541 Commonwealth Life Assurance Society Limited v Brian (1935) 53 CLR 343 Rapley v Rapley (1930) SR(NSW) 94 Sourian v State of NSW [1999] NSWSC 1173 R v Governor of Brockhill Prison exparte Evans (No 2) [1998] All ER 993 DECISION : see para 43