NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Anderson v Hassett (No. 2) [2007] NSWSC 1444
HEARING DATE(S) : 9 & 16 November 2007 JURISDICTION : Equity Division Expedition List
JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 19 November 2007
DECISION : Defendant fined $1,500 and ordered to pay plaintiff's costs
CATCHWORDS : CONTEMPT – civil contempt – failure to comply with order for production – by solicitor – penalty – relevant consideration
LEGISLATION CITED : (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004
Anderson v Hassett [2006] NSWSC 1058 Commissioner for Fair Trading v Partridge [2006] NSWSC 478 Principal Registrar of Supreme Court of New South Wales v Jando (2001) 53 NSWLR 527 Principal Registrar of Supreme Court of New South Wales v Tran (2006) 166 ACrimR 393; [2006] NSWSC 1183 CASES CITED : R v Razzak (2006) 166 ACrimR 132; [2006] NSWSC 1366 Registrar of the Court of Appeal v Maniam (No 2) (1992) 26 NSWLR 309 Wood v Staunton (No 5) (1996) 86 ACrimR 183 Texts: Contempt by Publication, NSWLRC 100 (2003) Whealy J, "Contempt: Some Contemporary Thoughts" (August, 2007)
PARTIES : Thomas James Anderson (plaintiff) James Trevor Hassett (defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1331/06
COUNSEL : G A Rich (plaintiff) M R Lawson (defendant)
SOLICITORS : Malcolm McDonald & Co (plaintiff) Hassetts Solicitors (defendant)
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION EXPEDITION LIST
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