Mead v Mead & Anor [2004] NSWSC 691

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Mead v Mead & Anor [2004] NSWSC 691 revised - 18/08/2004 HEARING DATE(S) : 8/9/03, 3/10/03, 23/10/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 August 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Dowd J at 1 DECISION : Leave to file further amended summons and further amended statement of charge; timetable set; matter listed for directions; liberty to apply; plaintiff to have costs in the cause.

CATCHWORDS : Contempt - application to vary - procedure CASES CITED : Spindler v Balog (1959) 76 WN (NSW) 391 Witham v Holloway (1995) 183 CLR 525 Colin Anthony Mead PARTIES : Lucy Guitar Mead Grace Yang FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 12311/03 Plaintiff: Mr V Bedrossian COUNSEL : 1st Defendant: - 2nd Defendant: - Plaintiff: Etheringtons Solicitors SOLICITORS : 1st Defendant: Ms D Riggio 2nd Defendant: Mr Ma

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DOWD J

Wednesday, 18 August 2004

12311/03 Colin Anthony Mead v Lucy Guitar Mead and Grace Yang

JUDGMENT 1 DOWD J: The Plaintiff instituted proceedings by way of Notice of Motion filed on 4 September 2003, returnable after abridgment of service. Orders were made returnable on Monday, 8 September 2003. 2 The Notice of Motion sought orders for sequestration of the assets of both Defendants, and the filing of a verified list of assets and liabilities, and a verified account of the movement of assets transferred subsequent to the order of Mathews AJ of 19 March 2002, made by way of Mareva injunction in related proceedings #12674 of 1997, BL & GY International v Hypec Electronics Pty Ltd (in liq) & Ors. The Notice of Motion also sought that the First and Second Defendants pay into Court an amount of money equal to the value of assets dealt with since the orders of Mathews AJ, and an order that the First and Second Defendants be committed to a correctional facility.