McClelland v Burning Palms Surf Life Saving Club [2002] NSWSC 470

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : McClelland v Burning Palms Surf Life Saving Club [2002] NSWSC 470 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5204/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 6/5/02 - 8/5/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 June 2002

PARTIES : Robert Francis McClelland (Plaintiff) Burning Palms Surf Life Saving Club (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Campbell J

COUNSEL : W L Marler (Plaintiff) S Bell (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Coode & Corry (Plaintiff) Terrett Lawyers (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : ASSOCIATIONS AND CLUBS - incorporated associations - expulsion procedures - natural justice - relationship between association rules and natural justice - whether rules can exclude natural justice - locus standi of association member to seek court relief concerning expulsion resolution Associations Incorporation Act 1984 LEGISLATION CITED : Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration (1894) 1 QB 750 Amos v Brunton (1897) 18 NSWR (Eq) 184 Australian Workers' Union v Bowen (No.2) (1948) 77 CLR 601 Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571 Barnes v Australian Telecommunications Commission (1989) 25 FCR 283 Blackler v New Zealand Rugby Football League (Inc) [1968] NZLR 547 Bonsor v Musicians Union [1954] Ch 479 Broussard v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1989) 21 FCR 472 Buckley v Tutty (1971) 125 CLR 353 Byrne v Kinematograph Renters Society Ltd [1958] 1 WLR 762 Calvin v Carr [1977] 2 NSWLR 308 Cameron v Hogan (1934) 51 CLR 358 Century Metals and Mining v Yeomans (1989) 40 FCR 564 Clisdell v Commissioner of Police (1993) 31 NSWLR 555 Colpits v Australian Telecommunications Commission (1986) 9 FCR 52 Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service [1985] AC 374 Curro v Beyond Productions Pty Ltd (1993) 30 NSWLR 337 Dawkins v Antrobus (1881) 17 Ch D 615 Dickason v Edwards (1910) 10 CLR 243 Dixon v Australian Society of Accountants (1989) 95 FLR 231 Dorf Industries Pty Ltd v Toose (1994) 54 FCR 350 Edgar v Meade (1916) 23 CLR 29 Edwards v Society of Graphical and Allied Trades [1971] 1 Ch 354 Enderby Town Council Football Club Ltd v Football Association Ltd [1971] 1 Ch 591 Finnigan v New Zealand Rugby Football Inc [1985] 2 NZLR 159 Fisher v Keane [1879] 11 Ch 353 Forbes v New South Wales Trotting Club Ltd (1979) 143 CLR 242 Gaiman v National Association for Mental Health [1971] Ch 317 General Medical Council v Spakman [1943] AC 627 Hall v New South Wales Trotting Club Ltd [1977] 1 NSWLR 378 Harbottle Brown & Co Pty Ltd v Halstead [1968] 3 NSWR 493 Harrison v Hearn [1972] 1 NSWLR 428 Heatley v Tasmanian Racing & Gaming Commission (1977) 137 CLR 487 Hepples v Federal Commission of Taxation (1992) 173 CLR 492 Hornby v Narrandera Ex-Servicemen's Club Ltd [2001] NSWSC 235 John v Rees [1970] Ch 345 CASES CITED : Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Law v National Greyhound Racing Club Ltd [1983] 1 WLR 1302 Lee v The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain [1952] 2 QB 329 Luu v Renevier (1989) 91 ALR 39 Macksville & District Hospital v Mayze (1987) 10 NSWLR 708 Makin v Gallagher [1974] 2 NSWLR 559 Malone v Marr [1981] 2 NSWLR 894 McInnes v Onslow-Fane [1978] 1 WLR 1520 McKinnon v Grogan [1974] 1 NSWLR 295 McNab v Auburn Soccer Sports Club Ltd [1975] 1 NSWLR 54 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Teoh (1995) 128 ALR 353 Mobil Oil Australia Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1963) 113 CLR 475 National Companies and Securities Commission v The News Corporation Limited (1984) 156 CLR 296 Parkes Rural Distributors Pty Ltd v Glasson (1986) 7 NSWLR 332 Preston v Carmody (1993) 44 FCR 1 R v Blizzard; ex parte Downs [1993] 1 Qd R 151 R v British Broadcasting Corporation; ex parte Lavelle [1983] 1 WLR 23 R v The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission; ex parte The Angliss Group (1969) 122 CLR 546 R v Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; ex parte Lain [1967] 2 QB 864 R v Disciplinary Committee of the Jockey Club; ex parte Aga Khan [1993] 1 WLR 909 R v Marks; ex parte Australian Building and Construction Employees and Builders Labourers Federation (1981) 147 CLR 471 R v Panel on Takeovers and Mergers; ex parte Datafin Plc [1987] 1 QB 815 R v Panel on Takeovers and Mergers; ex parte Guinness Plc [1990] 1 QB 146 R v Visitors to the Inns of Court, ex parte Calder [1994] QB 1 R v Wilson; ex parte Robinson [1982] Qd R 642 Rigby v Connol (1880) 14 Ch D 482 Russell v Duke of Norfolk [1949] 1 All ER 109 South Australia v O'Shea (1987) 163 CLR 378 Stininato v Auckland Boxing Association (Inc) [1978] 1 NZLR 609 Stone v Law Society (NT) (1992) 108 FLR 332 Sullivan v Department of Transport (1978) 20 ALR 323 Thorborn v All Nations Club (1975) 1 ACLR 127 Twist v Randwick Municipal Council (1976) 136 CLR 106 University of Ceylon v Fernando [1960] 1 WLR 223 Typing Centre of New South Wales v Toose (NSW Supreme Court, Mathews J, 15 December 1988, unreported) Victoria v Master Builders Association of Victoria [1995] 2 VR 121 Whittle v Australian Miniature Pony Society Inc, (1995) 57 FCR 252 Wood v Woad [1874] LR 9 Ex 190 DECISION : Expulsion resolution effective