ROBERTS v JEFFERY & 4 Ors [2003] NSWSC 162

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : ROBERTS v JEFFERY & 4 Ors [2003] NSWSC 162 HEARING DATE(S) : 20/2/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 April 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Bell J at 1 DECISION : Amended summons dismissed; Plaintiff to pay the defendants' costs as agreed or assessed

CATCHWORDS : Dismissal from civic office - irregularity in the manner of election to office Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 LEGISLATION CITED : Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 (Cth) Local Government Act 1993 Local Government (Elections) Regulation 1998 Parliamentary Electorates and Election Act 1912 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 Bourne v Murphy (1996) 92 LGERA 329 Bridge v Bowen (1916) 21 CLR 582 Bruce v Cole (1998) 45 NSWLR 163 CASES CITED : Re Collins; Ex parte Hockings (1989) 167 CLR 522 Evans v Crichton-Browne (1981) 147 CLR 169 Hill v Green [1999] NSWCA 477; 48 NSWLR 161 Hodge v The King (1907) 5 CLR 373 Minister for Immigration v Eshetu [1999] HCA 21; 197 CLR 611 R v Gray; ex parte Marsh (1985) 157 CLR 351 Lennard Bruce Roberts (Plaintiff) Victor Robert Jeffery (1st Defendant) PARTIES : Jack Ireland (2nd Defendant) Barry Clendinning (3rd Defendant) William Coombe (4th Defendant) Administrative Decisions Tribunal (5th Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 30062/02 COUNSEL : R. Colquhoun (Plaintiff) M.J. Griffiths SC / B. Zipser (1-4 Defendants) JA Vaughan & Walker Smith (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Public Interest Advocacy Centre (1st - 4th Defendants) I V Knight (5th Defendant)