Live Group Pty Ltd and Anor v Rabbi Ulman and Ors [2017] NSWSC 1759

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Live Group Pty Ltd and Anor v Rabbi Ulman and Ors [2017] NSWSC 1759 Hearing dates: 9 November 2017, 10 November 2017, 23 November 2017 Decision date: 14 December 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Sackar J Decision: See paras [298] – [300] Catchwords: CONTEMPT - Contempt of court - improper pressure NATURAL JUSTICE - Rule against bias - Reasonable apprehension of bias - whether principles of apprehended bias applicable to defendants Legislation Cited: Commercial Arbitration Act 2010 (NSW) International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Cases Cited: Aerial Advertising Co v Batchelors Peas Ltd (Manchester) [1938] 2 All ER 788 Agricultural Societies Council of NSW v Christie [2016] NSWCA 331 Attorney General for the State of New South Wales v X (2000) NSWLR 653 Attorney General v Times Newspapers Ltd [1974] AC 273 Bhagat v Global Custodians Ltd [2002] NSWCA 160 Carter v NSW Netball Association [2004] NSWSC 737 Coward v Stapleton (1953) 90 CLR 573 DEF v Trappett [2016] NSWSC 1698 DEF v Trappett [2017] NSWCA 163 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337 English and Australian Copper Co Ltd v Johnson (1911) 13 CLR 490 Ex parte Bread Manufacturers Ltd; Re Truth and Sportsman Ltd (1937) 37 SR (NSW) 242 Harkianakis v Skalkos (1997) 42 NSWLR 22 Harrington v Coote (2013) 119 SASR 152 Hillfinch Properties Ltd v Newark Investments Ltd [1981] The Times 1 July In re Mulock (1864) 3 Sw & Tr 599; 164 ER 1407 John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd v McRae (1955) 93 CLR 351 John Holland v ComCare [2011] FCAFC 164 Johnson v Johnson (2000) 201 CLR 488 Lane v Registrar of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (1981) 148 CLR 245 McGuirk v University of New South Wales [2010] NSWCA 104 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Jia (2001) 205 CLR 507 Mirus Australia Pty Ltd v Gage [2017] NSWSC 1046 R v Warby [1983] 1 NSWLR 289 Re JRL; Ex parte CJL (1986) 161 CLR 342 Re Judge Leckie; Ex parte Felman (1977) 52 ALJR 155 Smith v Lakeman, 26 L. J. Ch. 305 Sturt v Right Reverend Dr Brian Farran, Bishop of Newcastle [2012] NSWSC 400 The Prothonotary v Collins (1985) 2 NSWLR 549 Trivett v Nivision [1976] 1 NSWLR 212 Witham v Holloway (1995) 183 CLR 525 Yeshiva Properties No 1 Pty Ltd v Lubavitch Mazal Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 714 Yeshiva Properties No 1 Pty Ltd v Lubavitch Mazal Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 775 Texts Cited: A. Riseley, 'Improper Pressure on Parties to Court Proceedings' (1986) Sydney, The Commission, 4. C J Miller, Contempt of Court (Oxford University Press, 3rd ed, 2000) Evelyn Ellis and C.J. Miller, 'The victimisation of anti-discrimination complainants - is it contempt of court?', P.L. 1993, Spr, 80-92 John Tarrant, Disqualification for Bias, The Federation Press, 2012 N Lowe and B Sufrin, Borrie & Lowe: The Law of Contempt (4th ed, LexisNexis Butterworths, 2010) Robert Ombres, 'Hillfinch Properties v Newark Investments Ltd [1981] The Times 1 July' The Christian Law Review, Vol. 72/73, pp. 60-68 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Live Group Pty Ltd ACN 145320403 (First Plaintiff) Reuven Barukh (Second Plaintiff)