ET China.Com International Holdings Limited v Rose [2017] NSWSC 1747

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: ET China.Com International Holdings Limited v Rose [2017] NSWSC 1747 Hearing dates: 08/12/2017 Date of orders: 08 December 2017 Decision date: 08 December 2017 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: McDougall J Decision: Order that until the further order of the court, the 2nd and 6th defendants be restrained from continuing with a proceeding in the Royal Court of Jersey for the winding up of the first plaintiff. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – injunctive relief – application to restrain defendants from continuing with a proceeding in the Royal Court of Jersey – inherent jurisdiction of the Court to restrain foreign proceedings to avoid interference with Court process Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: CSR Ltd v Cigna Insurance Australia Limited (1997) 189 CLR 345 Pelechowski v The Registrar, Court of Appeal (NSW) (1999) 198 CLR 435 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: ET-China.com International Holdings Limited (Jersey Company Registration Number 97573) (First Plaintiff) Matthew Chik-Hui Ng (Second Plaintiff) Christopher Peter Rose (First Defendant) Marco Marcou (Second Defendant) Pyma Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) Vision Capital (Asia) Limited (British Virgin Islands Company No. 1623274) (Fourth Defendant) Financial International Holdings Limited (British Virgin Islands Company No. 1067293) (Fifth Defendant) MAP Et-China Holdings Pty Ltd (Sixth Defendant) Ian Martin Holdings Pty Ltd (Seventh Defendant) Representation: Counsel: W G Muddle SC (Plaintiffs) N M Bender (Second and Sixth Defendants)