Grant-Taylor v Jamieson [2002] NSWSC 634

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Grant-Taylor v Jamieson [2002] NSWSC 634 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3206/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 16/07/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 July 2002

Andrew Grant-Taylor - Plaintiff Ronald Philip Jamieson - First Defendant PARTIES : Claiyork Pty Ltd - Second Defendant Bridgecorp Australia Pty Limited - Third Defendant Registrar-General of New South Wales - Fourth Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J

COUNSEL : Ms C E Adamson - Plaintiff Mr M A Ashhurst - Third Defendant SOLICITORS : Coudert Brothers - Plaintiff Kemp Strang - Third Defendant CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - contempt of court - whether alleged contemnor should be heard - alleged contempt by non-party by reason of participation in conduct by party in breach of order - whether alleged contemnor had knowledge of terms of order - need for knowing participation to be shown - no scope for application of principles of constructive notice LEGISLATION CITED : Real Property Act 1900 Attorney-General v Times Newspapers Ltd [1992] 1 AC 191 Director General of Fair Trading v Pioneer Concrete (UK) Ltd [1995] 1 AC 456 Ferguson v Eakin (unreported, NSWCA, 27 August 1997) Heatons Tansport (St Helens) Ltd v Transport and General Workers' Union [1973] AC 15 K P Cable Investments Pty Ltd v Meltglow Pty Ltd (1995) 56 FCR 189 CASES CITED : Permewan Wright Consolidated Pty Ltd v Attorney-General (unreported, NSWCA, 11 December 1978) Re Supply of Ready Mixed Concrete [1992] 1 QB 213 Truth About Motorways Pty Ltd v Macquarie Infrastructure Investment Management Ltd (unreported, FCA, 1 July 1998) X Ltd v Morgan-Grampian (Publishers) Ltd [1991] 1 AC 1 Yorke v Lucas (1985) 158 CLR 661 Young v Jackman (1986) 7 NSWLR 97 Z Ltd v A [1982] 1 All ER 556 DECISION : Direction that plaintiff not be heard refused