Collier v Attorney General for New South Wales

The applicant, Collier, sought a stay of proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, with the Attorney-General for New South Wales as the respondent. The nature of the underlying dispute is not detailed, but the application before the Court of Appeal concerned the refusal of a stay.

The primary legal issue before Macfarlan JA was whether the applicant had demonstrated sufficient grounds to warrant a stay of proceedings. This involved an assessment of whether there was a significant issue of principle at stake that justified the extraordinary measure of a stay.

Macfarlan JA concluded that no such issue of principle was raised by the application. Consequently, the Court of Appeal dismissed the applicant's notice of motion and ordered that the applicant pay the respondent's costs.