Spanswick v The Honourable Robert John Carr, MP [2003] NSWSC 393

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Spanswick v The Honourable Robert John Carr, MP [2003] NSWSC 393 HEARING DATE(S) : 01/05/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 13 May 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Shaw J DECISION : Referred to Duty Judge List on Monday 19 May 2003

CATCHWORDS : Pleadings - whether summons should be stayed or dismissed - declaratory orders Crimes Act 1914 (Cth); LEGISLATION CITED : Customs Act 1901 (Cth); Drug Summit Legisative Response Act 1999 (NSW) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth); Australian Conservation Foundation Inc v Commonwealth (1980) 146 CLR 493; Eastern Petroleum Australia Ltd v Horseshoe Lights Gold Pty Ltd (1985) 9 ACLR 980; General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125; Gouriet v Union of Post Office Workers [1978] AC 435; Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia Ltd v Hunt (1982) 44 ALR 365; CASES CITED : Imperial Tobacco Limited v Attorney General [1981] AC 718; Kings Cross Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Inc v Uniting Church of Australia Property Trust (NSW) and Ors (2001) 160 FLR 300; Onus v Alcoa of Australia Limited (1981) 149 CLR 27 R v Courtney-Smith (1990) 48 A Crim R 49; R v Ludeke and Ors; Ex parte The Customs Officers' Association of Australia Fourth Division (1985) 155 CLR 513; Re Polites; Ex parte Hoyts Corporation Pty Limited (1991) 173 CLR 78; Stockport District Waterworks Co v The Mayor and Corporation of Manchester (1863) 7 LT 545; PARTIES : Robert G Spanswick - Plaintiff The Honourable Robert John Carr, MP - Defendant FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 10783/03 R Spanswick - Plaintiff COUNSEL : P Strickland - Defendant