Dranmore Pty Ltd & Ors v Paul Bimson [2014] NSWSC 1230

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Dranmore Pty Ltd & Ors v Paul Bimson [2014] NSWSC 1230 Hearing dates: 14/06/2013 Decision date: 05 September 2014 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Campbell J Decision: (1)Proceedings dismissed; (2)Plaintiffs to pay the defendant's costs on the usual basis forthwith after they have been agreed or assessed. (3)The parties to have liberty to apply for a variation of order (2) within 14 days of today's date by motion supported by written submissions not exceeding 3 pages in length and any necessary affidavit. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - judicial review - whether Local Court had jurisdiction to hear motion requesting provision of particulars by the prosecution - whether act or omission of a vicariously liable corporate defendant must be charged according to law - natural justice - whether a Court Attendance Notice should be quashed where particulars of act or omission not provided - whether decision to quash a Court Attendance Notice final or interlocutory

CRIMINAL LAW - appeal pursuant to s 53 Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 on a point of law - whether error of law not to particularise act or omission of a vicariously liable corporate defendant in a Court Attendance Notice Legislation Cited: Crimes (Appeal and Review) 2001 (NSW), s 53; Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW); Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), s 35; Local Court Act 2007 (NSW), s 44 and 45; Local Court Rules 2009 (NSW); Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983 (NSW) (Repealed), ss 15 and 16; Road Transport (General Act) 2005 (NSW), s 178; Road Transport (General) Regulation 2005 (NSW) (Repealed); Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 (NSW) (repealed), s 69C; Cases Cited: Area Concrete Pumping Pty Ltd v Childs (Workcover) [2012] NSWCA 208; Craig v State of South Australia [1995] HCA 58; 184 CLR 163; De Romanis v Sibraa (1977) 2 NSWLR 264; Ex parte N Ormsby & Sons Pty Ltd; Re Mason (1964) 81 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 286; GPI (General) Pty Ltd v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2011] NSWCA 157; 207 IR 93; John L Pty Ltd v Attorney-General (NSW) (1987) 163 CLR 508; Johnson v Miller (1937) 59 CLR 467; Kirk v Industrial Court (NSW) [2010] HCA 1; 239 CLR 539; Presidential Security Services of Australia Pty Ltd v Brilley [2008] NSWCA 204; 73 NSWLR 241; Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (No 1) (1980) 147 CLR 35; Re. Mason (1964) 81 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 286; Sanofi v Parke Davis Pty Ltd (No 1) (1982) 149 CLR 147; Western Freight Management Pty Ltd v Roads & Maritime Services New South Wales [2014] NSWCA 132; 66 MVR 279 Texts Cited: Carolyn Sappideen and Prue Vines, Flemings the Law of Torts (Thomson Reuters 10th Ed, 2011) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Dranmore Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Eezee Nominees Pty Ltd (Second Plaintiff) Laudrup Pty Ltd (Third Plaintiff) GE & CD Hommes Pty Ltd (Fourth Plaintiff) Roadmaster Driving Tutorial Pty Ltd (Fifth Plaintiff) Frederick Borg (Sixth Plaintiff) Danny Frederick Borg (Seventh Plaintiff) Grant Raymond Borg (Eighth Plaintiff) Paul Bimson Trading as Roads & Maritime Services Sanctions and Prosecutions (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A M Martin (Plaintiffs) M Higgins (Defendant) Solicitors: File Number(s): 2013/0058609