Blakeley v Fear

[2002] HCATrans 422

IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Office of the Registry
  Perth  No P38 of 2001

B e t w e e n -

HAROLD THOMAS JAMES BLAKELEY

Applicant

and

CHARLES ANTHONY CANDLIN FEAR

First Respondent

RESI‑STATEWIDE MORTGAGE CORPORATION LIMITED

Second Respondent

ROBERT CLAUDE COOK, TERENCE CORNELIUS McMANUS, ROBERT HENRI DE BUF, PATRICIA ANNE DE BUF, REGINALD SARSFIELD FINN, ELIZABETH ROSE FINN, DONALD GEORGE LYSTER, LEONE BEATRICE LYSTER, JOHN SELSMARK, ROGER LLOYD GEORGE RICHARD‑COOMBES, IDA ELEANOR RICHARD‑COOMBES, GRAEME CAMPBELL REYNOLDS, LESLEY HANNAH REYNOLDS, JOSEPH COCI, HELEN JOY COCI, ERNEST RAMPELLINI, JENNIFER ANNE RAMPELLINI, PETER JOE CHITTENDEN, MICHAEL SKUBA, MICHAEL CYRIL HALPIN, GEORGE HUGH MARGETTS, GWENDOLINE MARY MARGETTS, TOLEEN NOMINEES PTY LTD, LAVIN NOMINEES PTY LTD, TUDOR COURT INVESTMENTS PTY LTD, MacDOUGALL PTY LTD and OREGON NOMINEES PTY LTD

Third Respondents

Office of the Registry
  Perth  No P41 of 2001

B e t w e e n -

HAROLD THOMAS JAMES BLAKELEY

Applicant

and

ROBERT CLAUDE COOK, TERENCE CORNELIUS McMANUS, ROBERT HENRI DE BUF, PATRICIA ANNE DE BUF, REGINALD SARSFIELD FINN, ELIZABETH ROSE FINN, DONALD GEORGE LYSTER, LEONE BEATRICE LYSTER, JOHN SELSMARK, ROGER LLOYD GEORGE RICHARD‑COOMBES, IDA ELEANOR RICHARD‑COOMBES, GRAEME CAMPBELL REYNOLDS, LESLEY HANNAH REYNOLDS, JOSEPH COCI, HELEN JOY COCI, ERNEST RAMPELLINI, JENNIFER ANNE RAMPELLINI, PETER JOE CHITTENDEN, MICHAEL SKUBA, MICHAEL CYRIL HALPIN, GEORGE HUGH MARGETTS, GWENDOLINE MARY MARGETTS, TOLEEN NOMINEES PTY LTD, LAVIN NOMINEES PTY LTD, TUDOR COURT INVESTMENTS PTY LTD, MacDOUGALL PTY LTD and OREGON NOMINEES PTY LTD

Respondents

Applications for special leave to appeal

GLEESON CJ
McHUGH J

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

AT PERTH ON THURSDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2002, AT 12.19 PM

Copyright in the High Court of Australia

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MR H. BLAKELEY appeared in person.

MR S.K. SHEPHERD:   May it please the Court, I appear for the first and second respondents.  (instructed by Mallesons Stephen Jaques)

MR A.C. McINTOSH:   I appear for the second respondents.  (instructed by Craig McIntosh)

GLEESON CJ:   Now, you have indicated that you do not wish to supplement your written submissions with oral argument.

MR BLAKELEY:   I do, your Honour; not to the extent that I need to make – I would rather rely on my submissions.

GLEESON CJ:   Yes, you are perfectly entitled to do that.  Just take a seat then.

In this matter we have considered the written submissions made on
behalf of the applicant and, of course, the submissions on behalf of the respondents and we have come to the conclusion that there is insufficient reason to doubt the correctness of the decision of the Full Court of the Supreme Court of Western Australia to warrant the grant of special leave to appeal.  So, the application is refused with costs.

AT 12.22 PM THE MATTER WAS CONCLUDED