BHAGAT v PETER YOUNG & 12 ORS [2002] NSWSC 321

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : BHAGAT v PETER YOUNG & 12 ORS [2002] NSWSC 321 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20095/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 25 March 2002, 26 March 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 March 2002

Hari Bhaghat (Plaintiff) v Peter Young (First Defendant) Global Custodians Ltd (ACN 003 588 378) (Second Defendant) John Healey Speight and Jessee Barrie Marr Speight (Third Defendant) Archie Greenlees and Norma Patricia Greenlees (Fourth Defendant) PARTIES : David O'Bryen (Fifth Defendant) Michael Wilkins (Sixth Defendant) Robin Margo (Seventh Defendant) Holding Redlich (Eighth Defendant) Harold Werksman (Ninth Defendant) Jeffrey Flick (Tenth Defendant) Anthony Spencer (Eleventh Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Adams J at 1

Plaintiff in person COUNSEL : Mr T H Barrett (First Defendant) Mr R F Margo SC (Second to Fourth Defendants, Eighth to Tenth Defendants) Mr B J Preston SC (Fifth & Sixth Defendants) Plaintiff in person SOLICITORS : I V Knight (First Defendant) Holding Redlich (Second, Third, Fourth, Eighth, Ninth & Tenth Defendants) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Fifth & Sixth Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Disqualification for bias - litigation against judge and other defendants - application by a judge being heard before applications by other defendants who seek such procedure - objection by respondent to all applications - procedural reasons for adopting proposed order - disqualification refused DECISION : See paragraph 4