Showtime Touring Group Pty Ltd v Mosley Touring Inc [2011] NSWSC 1401

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Showtime Touring Group Pty Ltd v Mosley Touring Inc [2011] NSWSC 1401 Hearing dates: 10 October 2011 Decision date: 22 November 2011 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Walmsley AJ Decision: See paragraph 77 Catchwords: TRADE PRACTICES ACT - accessorial liability - no allegation of any acts in Australia - no jurisdiction - expert evidence - non compliance with code - consequences - costs - gross sum costs order - principles Legislation Cited: Civil Code of Florida Court Suppression and Non Publication Orders Act 2010 Legal Profession Act 2004 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth). Cases Cited: Australian Wool Innovation Ltd v Newkirk [2005] FCA 290; (2005) ATPR 42-053 Beach Petroleum NL & Claremont Petroleum NL v Johnson (No 2) (1995) 57 FCR 119 Bray v F Hoffman-La Roche Ltd [2002] FCA 243; (2002) 118 FCR 1 Brookvista Pty Ltd v Meloni [2009] WASCA 180 CJD Equipment Pty Ltd v A & C Construction Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 1085 Clark v Auspicious Yacht Sales Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 37 Fiduciary Ltd v Morningstar Research Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 432; (2002) 55 NSWLR 1 Hadid v Lenfest Communications Inc [2000] FCA 628 Harrison v Schipp [2002] NSWCA 213; (2002) 54 NSWLR 738 Hodder Rook & Associates Pty Ltd v Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 279 Keen Mar Corporation Pty Ltd v Labrador Park Shopping Centre Pty Ltd (1985) 61 ALR 504 L Shaddock & Associates Pty Ltd v Parramatta City Council (No 2) [1982] HCA 59; (1982) 151 CLR 590 Lorenzato v Lorenzato (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 790 News Corporation Ltd v Lenfest Communications Inc (1996) 21 ACSR 553 Quinlivan v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2004] FCAFC 175; (2004) 160 FCR 1 Richards v Kadian (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 373 Slomowitz v Walker, 429 So.2d 797,800 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983) Trade Practices Commission v Australia Meat Holdings Pty Ltd (1988) 83 ALR 299 Wright Rubber Products Pty Ltd v Bayer AG [2010] FCAFC 85 Yorke v Lucas [1985] HCA 65; (1985) 158 CLR 661 Texts Cited: P Taylor, E Elms, G Bellew, M Meek, T Bartush-Peek, Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure NSW (2006) Lexis Nexus J Gleeson SC, "Extraterritorial application of Australian statutes proscribing misleading conduct" (2005) 79 Australian Law Journal 296 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Showtime Touring Group Pty Limited (Plaintiff) Mosley Touring Inc (First defendant) Timothy Mosley (Second defendant) Representation: D Baran (Plaintiff) R Lancaster SC with P Blackadder (Defendants) Stephen Smart and Associates (Plaintiff) Simpsons Solicitors (Defendants) File Number(s): 2009/00297756 Publication restriction: Pursuant to s 7 of the Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010, the Court orders that until further order, no person shall publish the residential address of the second defendant.