Donald Wilfred De Boer & Ors v John Ernest Williams [2004] NSWSC 351

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Donald Wilfred De Boer & Ors v John Ernest Williams [2004] NSWSC 351 HEARING DATE(S) : 22/04/04, 23/04/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 April 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J DECISION : Mareva injunction ordered on basis of varied form of the usual undertaking as to damages.

CATCHWORDS : Equity - Practice and procedure - Injunctions - Interlocutory proceedings in the nature of a Mareva injunction - Undertaking as to damages - Principles - Whether special circumstances shown for relieving plaintiff from obligation to proffer the usual undertaking as to damages Air Express Ltd v Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd (1981) 146 CLR 249 Allen v Jambo Holdings Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 1252 Attorney-General v Albany Hotel & Co [1896] 2 Ch 696 F Hoffmann-La Roche & Co AG & OIS v Secretary for Trade and Industry [1975] AC 295 Chisholm v Rieff (1953) 2 FLR 211 Cooper v Smyth (1883) 4 LR (NSW) Eq 39 CASES CITED : Graham v Campbell (1878) 7 Ch D 490 Kerridge v Foley (1968) 70 SR (NSW) 251 New Cap Reinsurance Corp (Bermuda) Ltd v Chase Manhattan Bank (No 2) [1999] NSWSC 808 [BC9904586] Smith v Day (1882) 21 Ch D 421 Southern Tableland Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd (in liq) v Schomberg (1986) 11 ACLR 337 Szentessy v Woo Ran (Aust) (No 1) Pty Ltd (1985) 65 ACTR 98 Third Chandris Shipping Corporation v Unimarine S A [1979] QB 645 Donald Wilfred De Boer (First Plaintiff) PARTIES : Helen Louise De Boer (Second Plaintiff) Mark Henry Williams (Third Plaintiff) John Ernest Williams (Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2432/04 COUNSEL : Mr C Simpson (Plaintiffs) No appearance SOLICITORS : Djekovic, Hearn & Walker (Plaintiffs)