The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils Inc v Hafez Kassem [2017] NSWSC 206

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils Inc v Hafez Kassem [2017] NSWSC 206 Hearing dates: 03/03/2017 Date of orders: 03 March 2017 Decision date: 03 March 2017 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: McDougall J Decision: Grant interlocutory injunctions to restore interim control of AFIC to individual plaintiffs. Catchwords: Injunctions – interlocutory injunctions – identification of the status quo that is to be restored pending a final hearing Legislation Cited: Associations Incorporation Act 1964 (Tas) Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 (Cth) Cases Cited: Garden Cottage Foods Ltd v Milk Marketing Board [1984] AC 130 Remrose Pty Ltd v Allsilver Holdings Pty Ltd (2005) 225 ALR 588 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils Inc (First Plaintiff) Harun Abdullah (Second Plaintiff) Jamal El Kholed (Third Plaintiff) Kazin Ates (Fourth Plaintiff) Hafez Kassem (First Defendant) Farouk Khan (Second Defendant) Refaat El-Hajje (Third Defendant) Mohammed El-Mouelhy (Fourth Defendant) Bachar Dib (Fifth Defendant) Amjad Mehboob (Sixth Defendant) Agim Garana (Seventh Defendant) Kylie Wee (Eighth Defendant) Holly Soh (Ninth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M A Ashhurst SC / A W Smith (Plaintiffs) A P Cheshire SC (First, Third, Fourth and Fifth Defendants)