Murdoch & Ors v Weston; Special Purpose Liquidiator of One.Tel Limited [2004] NSWSC 316

Reported Decision : 49 ACSR 166

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Murdoch & Ors v Weston; Special Purpose Liquidiator of One.Tel Limited [2004] NSWSC 316 revised - 22/04/2004 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 and 8 April 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 April 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Windeyer J at 1 DECISION : Examination summonses discharged

CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - winding up - examination summonses issued by special purpose liquidator - no benefit in examinations at this stage Corporations Act, s588FB, s588FF LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Law, s995(2) of Div 2 of Pt 7.11 Fair Trading Act 1987, s42 In 2051 of 2004 Lachlan Keith Murdoch (First Plaintiff) Peter John Macourt (Second Plaintiff) John Hartigan (Third Plaintiff) Ian Philip (Fourth Plaintiff) PARTIES : News Limited (Fifth Plaintiff) Paul Gerard Weston as Special Purpose Liquidator One.Tel Limited (In Liquidation) (Defendant) In 1781 of 2004 One.Tel Limited (In Liquidation) by its Special Purpose Liquidator, Paul Gerard Weston (Plaintiff) One.Tel Limited (In Liquidation) (Defendant) Leigh Brown, Bart Oude-Vrielink, John Steven, Brian Long, Peter Shear, David Simmons (Applicants on Interlocutory Process) One.Tel Limited (In Liquidation) by its Special Purpose Liquidator, Paul Gerard Weston (Respondent to the Interlocutory Process) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2051 of 2004; 1781 of 2004 In 2051/74 Mr J Halley (Plaintiffs) COUNSEL : Mr RJ Ellicott, QC with him Mr N. Cotman SC and Mr R Glasson (Defendant) In 1781/04 Mr J.E. Thompson (Applicants on Interlocutory Process) Mr RJ Ellicott, QC with him Mr N. Cotman SC and Mr R Glasson (Respondent to Interlocutory Process) In 2051/74 Allens Arthur Robinson (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : NOT Lawyers (Defendant) In 1781/04 Minter Ellison (Applicants) NOT Lawyers (Respondent