Luo v Windy Hills Australian Game Meats Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 4) [2019] NSWSC 1405

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Luo v Windy Hills Australian Game Meats Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 4) [2019] NSWSC 1405 Hearing dates: 15 October 2019 Decision date: 16 October 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Third defendant released from undertaking given to the Court; limited freezing order made against third defendant Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – interim preservation – detention, custody or preservation of property – freezing order – whether danger of abuse of process – whether danger of dissipation of assets with a view to avoiding judgment debt Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Finn v Carelli [2007] NSWSC 261 Frigo v Culhaci [1998] NSWCA 88 Hortico (Australia) Pty Ltd v Energy Equipment Co (Australia) Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 545 Luo v Windy Hills Australian Game Meats Pty Ltd (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 862 Ninemia Maritime Corporation v Trave Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co K G (The Niedersachsen) [1984] 1 All ER 398 Patterson v BTR Engineering (Aust) Ltd (1989) 18 NSWLR 319 Samimi v Seyedabadi; Seyedabadi v Samimi [2013] NSWCA 279 Category: Consequential orders (other than Costs) Parties: Aimin Luo (First Plaintiff) AusChina Procurement Centre Pty Ltd (Second Plaintiff) Windy Hills Australian Game Meats Pty Ltd (in liquidation) (First Defendant) Eric Yingcai Zhang (Second Defendant) Ivan Lawrenze Coulter (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: G P Gee (Plaintiffs)