Street & 7 Ors v Luna Park Sydney Pty Limited & 3 Ors [2009] NSWSC 767

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Street & 7 Ors v Luna Park Sydney Pty Limited & 3 Ors [2009] NSWSC 767

HEARING DATE(S) : 11 June 2009 JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 11 June 2009

DECISION : No penalty imposed - Contemnors to pay costs of contempt proceedings

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - Contempt - Penalty - relevant considerations – where substantive proceedings resolved – where prosecutor no longer seeks imposition of a penalty – where contemnors have given apology and undertaking to the Court – where it was initially unclear whether conduct constituted contempt and ultimately required resolution by High Court – where contemnors consented to court order – Held: No additional punitive order made

(NSW) Luna Park Site Act 1990 LEGISLATION CITED : (NSW) Luna Park Site Amendment (Noise Control) Bill 2005 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 s 101(6)

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

Anderson v Hassett (No 2) [2007] NSWSC 1444 Commissioner of Fair Trading v Partridge [2006] NSWSC 478 Hearne v Street [2008] HCA 36, (2008) 235 CLR 125 Principal Registrar of Supreme Court of New South Wales v Jando [2001] NSWSC 969, (2001) 53 NSWLR 527 CASES CITED : Principal Registrar of Supreme Court of NSW v Thanh Vu Tran (2006) 166 ACrimR 393, [2006] NSWSC 1183 R v Razzak (2006) 166 ACrimR 132, [2006] NSWSC 1366 Registrar of the Court of Appeal v Maniam (No 2) (1992) 26 NSWLR 309 Street & ors v Luna Park Sydney Pty Ltd & anor [2006] NSWSC 624 Street v Luna Park Street v Luna Park [2009] NSWSC 1 Wood v Staunton (No 5) (1996) 86 A Crim R 183