Griffin Energy Group Pty Ltd (subject to a Deed of Company Arrangement) v Laughland [2016] NSWSC 1057

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Griffin Energy Group Pty Ltd (subject to a Deed of Company Arrangement) v Laughland [2016] NSWSC 1057 Hearing dates: 29 July 2016 Decision date: 04 August 2016 Before: Ball J Decision: See paragraphs 28 to 30 of this judgment Catchwords: PROCEDURE – judgments and orders – stay pending outcome of related proceedings in different jurisdiction PROCEDURE – separate questions – whether order should be made Legislation Cited: Australian Consumer Law Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Cases Cited: AAI Ltd t/a Vero Insurance v Solarus Projects Pty Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (In Liq) [2014] NSWCA 168 Allandale Blue Metal Pty Ltd v Roads and Maritime Services [2013] NSWCA 103 Idoport Pty Limited v National Australia Bank Limited [2000] NSWSC 1215 Integral Home Loans Pty Ltd v Interstar Wholesale Finance Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 1464 McLean v Marshall [2013] NSWSC 1400 Solarus Projects v Vero Insurance (No 5) [2013] NSWSC 1966 Tepko Pty Ltd v Water Board [2001] HCA 19; (2001) 206 CLR 1 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Griffin Energy Group Pty Ltd (subject to a Deed of Company Arrangement) ACN 008 681 696 (First Plaintiff) Carpenter Mine Management Holdings Pty Ltd (subject to a Deed of Company Arrangement) ACN 106 053 703 (Second Plaintiff) Brian McMaster (Third Plaintiff) Scott Kershaw (Fourth Plaintiff) Iain Douglas Wilson Laughland (First Defendant) Alexander John Munton (Second Defendant) David John Abernathy (Third Defendant) Justin Simon Adam (Fourth Defendant) Bruce Leslie Adkins (Fifth Defendant) Timothy Allen (Sixth Defendant) Simon John Ashworth (Seventh Defendant) Joseph Dominic Barbaro (Eighth Defendant) Timothy David Barton (Ninth Defendant) David Tudor Beckett (Tenth Defendant) Peter Charles Calov (Eleventh Defendant) Julie Patricia Cameron (Twelfth Defendant) Michelle Margaret Carr (Thirteenth Defendant) Philip Anthony Catania (Fourteenth Defendant) Michael Chaaya (Fifteenth Defendant) Gary Gideon Chiert (Sixteenth Defendant) Alan Henry Churley (Seventeenth Defendant) Daryl Stephen Clifford (Eighteenth Defendant) Christine Lynette Covington (Nineteenth Defendant) Simon Andrew Crawford (Twentieth Defendant) Rohen Cullen (Twenty First Defendant) Ian Leslie Dallen (Twenty Second Defendant) Rodney Michael Dann (Twenty Third Defendant) Trevor Egon Danos (Twenty Fourth Defendant) Jeremy Charles Davis (Twenty Fifth Defendant) Stephanie Jane Daveson (Twenty Sixth Defendant) Benjamin Donald Davidson (Twenty Seventh Defendant) John George De Flamingh (Twenty Eighth Defendant) John Wallace Hope Denton (Twenty Ninth Defendant) Robert Laurence Drake (Thirtieth Defendant) Nicholas David Ellery (Thirty First Defendant) Dominic Gerard Emmett (Thirty Second Defendant) Andrew James Flannery (Thirty Third Defendant) Spencer Edward Flay (Thirty Fourth Defendant) Richard John Flitcroft (Thirty Fifth Defendant) Justin Fox (Thirty Six Defendant) Robert Geoffrey Franklyn (Thirty Seventh Defendant) Andrew William Galvin (Thirty Eighth Defendant) Randall John Gerkens (Thirty Ninth Defendant) Hilary Goodier (Forty First Defendant) Valdimir Paul Gostencnik (Forty Second Defendant) Odette Margaret Gourley (Forty Third Defendant) Stewart James Grieve (Forty Fourth Defendant) David Hallam (Forty Fifth Defendant) Teresa Handicott (Forty Sixth Defendant) Adam Neil Charles Handley (Forty Seventh Defendant) Michelle Esther Harpur (Forty Eighth Defendant) Michael John Harrison (Forty Ninth Defendant) Gregory James Hassall (Fiftieth Defendant) Rommel Harding-Farrenberg (Fifty First Defendant) Dixon Frederick Hearder (Fifty Second Defendant) Jeremy Michael Horwood (Fifty Third Defendant) Bradley Mark Husband (Fifty Fourth Defendant) Peter Damian Joseph Ickeringill (Fifty Fifth Defendant) John Jardim (Fifty Sixth Defendant) Peter Sandar Jarosek (Fifty Seventh Defendant) Jeremy Christopher Johnson (Fifty Eighth Defendant) Frederick Braddon Jolley (Fifty Ninth Defendant) Thomas Edward Jones (Sixtieth Defendant) William Keane (Sixty First Defendant) John Patrick Kelly (Sixty Second Defendant) Beverly Dawn Kennedy (Sixty Third Defendant) Michael Kimmins (Sixty Fourth Defendant) Matthew Knox (Sixty Sixth Defendant) Eugenia Kolivos (Sixty Seventh Defendant) Byron Koster (Sixty Eighth Defendant) Andrew Herbert Korbel (Sixty Ninth Defendant) Anthony Waddell Latimer (Seventy First Defendant) Naomi Elizabeth Lawrie (Seventy Second Defendant) Francis Reginald Lawson (Seventy Third Defendant) Richard Alexander Leder (Seventy Fourth Defendant) Jonathan Nigel Leek (Seventy Fifth Defendant) Richard Geoffrey Lewis (Seventy Sixth Defendant) Stanley Robert Lewis (Seventy Seventh Defendant) Andrew John Lumsden (Seventy Eighth Defendant) Michael MacGinley (Seventy Ninth Defendant) Christine Maher (Eightieth Defendant) Hueih-Hsien Mak (Eighty First Defendant) Daniel John Marquet (Eighty Second Defendant) Jeremy Patrick McCarthy (Eighty Third Defendant) Paul Richard McCann (Eighty Fourth Defendant) Mark James McCowan (Eighty Fifth Defendant) Luke James McDonald (Eighty Sixth Defendant) Shaun Gerard McGushin (Eighty Seventh Defendant) Andrew Philip Messenger (Eighty Eighth Defendant) Craig Hastings Milner (Eighty Ninth Defendant) Simon Jeffrey Morris (Ninetieth Defendant) James Leslie North (Ninety First Defendant) Patrick Francis O'Grady (Ninety Second Defendant) Megan Mary O'Rourke (Ninety Third Defendant) Christian John Owen (Ninety Fourth Defendant) Christopher John Pagent (Ninety Fifth Defendant) Russell Allen Philip (Ninety Sixth Defendant) Andrew John Pitney (Ninety Seventh Defendant) Nathaniel Popelianski (Ninety Eighth Defendant) David Warren Pratley (Ninety Ninth Defendant) Stephen Bruce Price (One Hundredth Defendant) Henry Prokuda (One Hundred and First Defendant) Robert John Regan (One Hundred and Second Defendant) Robert Alexander Ritchie (One Hundred and Third Defendant) Heidi Roberts (One Hundred and Fourth Defendant) Brad Scott Robinson (One Hundred and Fifth Defendant) Rosemary Marcella Roche (One Hundred and Sixth Defendant) James Rozsa (One Hundred and Seventh Defendant) Christopher Alan de Courey Ryder (One Hundred and Eighth Defendant) Heinreich Peter John Schenk (One Hundred and Ninth Defendant) Edmondo Carmelo Scuderi (One Hundred and Tenth Defendant) David Sinclair Smith (One Hundred and Thirteenth Defendant) Vanessa Louise Smith (One Hundred and Fourteenth Defendant) Stephen Marcus Stern (One Hundred and Fifteenth Defendant) John Ilia Stragalinos (One Hundred and Sixteenth Defendant) Kirsty Honor Louise Sutherland (One Hundred and Seventeenth Defendant) Matthew Guy Swinn (One Hundred and Eighteenth Defendant) Michael Graeme Syme (One Hundred and Nineteenth Defendant) Reynah Man Hoi Tang (One Hundred and Twentieth Defendant) John Tuck (One Hundred and Twenty First Defendant) Mark Simon Van Brakel (One Hundred and Twenty Second Defendant) John McIntosh Walter (One Hundred and Twenty Third Defendant) David Graeme Warren (One Hundred and Twenty Fourth Defendant) Roy Weitzman (One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Defendant) Janet Mary Vivienne Whiting (One Hundred and Twenty Sixth Defendant) Brian James Whittaker (One Hundred and Twenty Seventh Defendant) Mark Anthony Wilks (One Hundred and Twenty Eighth Defendant) Philip Ronald Wilson (One Hundred and Twenty Ninth Defendant) Shawn Michael Wytenburg (One Hundred and Thirtieth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: K Stern SC with E Bathurst (Plaintiffs) RG McHugh SC with JJ Hutton (Defendants)