Cardile v Led Builders Pty Ltd

[1999] HCA 18
Judgment date
Case number
S61/1998
Before
Gaudron, McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Callinan JJ
Catchwords

Federal court - Interlocutory relief - Asset preservation order - Juridical foundation - Whether capable of arising against property of a non-party - Whether order preventing disposal of assets by non‑party necessary to protect the administration of justice - Undertakings as to damages - Discretionary considerations in granting relief.

Companies - Interlocutory relief - Asset preservation order - Whether relief available against recipients of dividend payments - Whether relief available to protect goodwill.

Words and phrases - "Mareva injunction" - "asset preservation order" - "injunction" - "intermingling" - "alienation".

Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW), s 37A.

Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 23.