NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Sydney Investment House Equities Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 434
HEARING DATE(S) : 12/04/07, 19/04/07, 20/04/07
JUDGMENT DATE : 4 May 2007
JURISDICTION : Equity Division Corporations List
JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J
DECISION : Fourth defendant's notice of motion filed on 12 March 2007 dismissed.
CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - application for summary dismissal - whether evidence capable of making allegations plausible - special considerations where multiple defendants - PROCEDURE - application for separate trial of case against fourth defendant - civil penalty proceedings to be conducted under rules for civil matters - trial of claims against all defendants together consistent with such rules - no basis shown for separate trial
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss.9, 206C, 206E, 1317E, 1317L LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995, s.136 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, Rules 6.19(1), 13.4
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Vines (2003) 48 ACSR 282 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1965) 112 CLR 125 CASES CITED : R v Patsalis (1999) 107 ACrimR 432 Rich v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2004) 220 CLR 129 Webb v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 41 Wickstead v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1
Australian Securities and Investments Commission - Plaintiff Sydney Investment House Equities Pty Ltd - First Defendant Sydney Investment House Capital Ltd - Second Defendant Edwin James Goulding - Third Defendant Stephen Geagea - Fourth Defendant PARTIES : Sydney Investment House Pty Ltd - Fifth Defendant Sydney Investment House (Newcastle) Pty Ltd - Sixth Defendant Sydney Investment House (Beaconsfield) Pty Ltd - Seventh Defendant Melbourne Investment House Pty Ltd - Eighth Defendant Melbourne Investment House (Hawthorn) Pty Ltd - Ninth Defendant Melbourne Investment House (Collingwood) Pty Ltd - Tenth Defendant
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