Paccar Financial Pty Limited v Ian Menzies & Colleen Menzies (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1622

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Paccar Financial Pty Limited v Ian Menzies & Colleen Menzies (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1622 Hearing dates: 5 June 2015, 11 August 2015, 3 November 2015 and 6 September 2016 Date of orders: 06 September 2016 Decision date: 06 September 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Rothman J Decision: (1) The first defendant is sentenced to a fixed term of imprisonment of six months, commencing 6 September 2016 and concluding 5 March 2017; (2) The second defendant is sentenced to a fixed term of imprisonment of two months, commencing 6 September 2016 and concluding 5 November 2016. Catchwords: CONTEMPT OF COURT – sentence – subjective features – nature of contempt and culpability. Legislation Cited: Bail Act 2013 Constitution Contracts Review Act 1980 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Fair Work Act 2009 Industrial Relations Act 1996 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Cases Cited: Australian Consolidated Press Ltd v Morgan [1965] HCA 21; (1965) 112 CLR 483 Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union v Mudginberri Station Pty Ltd [1986] HCA 46; (1986) 161 CLR 98 Commissioner for Fair Trading v Rixon (No 3) [2014] NSWSC 1279 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 Hearne v Street [2008] HCA 36; (2008) 235 CLR 125 National Australia Bank Ltd v Juric (No 2) [2001] VSC 398 NCR Australia v Credit Connection [2005] NSWSC 1118 Paccar Financial Pty Ltd v Menzies; Menzies v Paccar Financial Pty Ltd (No 5) [2013] NSWSC 772 Paccar Financial Pty Limited v Ian Menzies & Colleen Menzies [2015] NSWSC 501 Pang v Bydand Holdings Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 69 Witham v Holloway [1995] HCA 3; (1995) 183 CLR 525 Category: Sentence Parties: Paccar Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Ian David Menzies (First Defendant) Colleen Anne Menzies (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: P Newton (Plaintiff) P Lowe (First and Second Defendants)