NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Commissioner for Fair Trading v Peter Todd Garay & Ors [2009] NSWSC 1196
HEARING DATE(S) : 27/04/09-01/05/09, 05/05/09, 04/11/09, 06/11/09
JUDGMENT DATE : 10 November 2009
JUDGMENT OF : Hidden J
DECISION : First defendant found guilty of charges 2-4, 6-8, 10-12 in first statement of charges. All other charges dismissed.
CATCHWORDS : CONTEMPT OF COURT - defendants restrained by orders of Grove J from contracting for or undertaking residential building work - whether first defendant in breach of those orders
Home Building Act 1989 Fair Trading Act 1987 LEGISLATION CITED : Home Building Regulation 1997 Home Building Regulation 2004 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Civil Procedure Act 2005
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
CASES CITED : Australasian Meat Industry Employee's Union and Ors v Mudginberri Station Pty Ltd (1986) 161 CLR 98 Witham v Holloway (1995) 183 CLR 525
TEXTS CITED : Concise Oxford Dictionary - 3rd Edition Concise Oxford Dictionary - 7th Edition
Commissioner for Fair Trading (plaintiff) Peter Todd Garay (first defendant) PARTIES : Melinda Garay (second defendant) Premier Turf Supplies Pty Ltd (third defendant) Hunter Landscaping Supplies Pty Limited (fourth defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2003/12909
COUNSEL : G S Sarginson (plaintiff) R D Marshall (first defendant)
SOLICITORS : D Catt (plaintiff) Brett Wiggins & Associates (first defendant)
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