Quadrio v Joyce & Ors

[2018] HCATrans 131

[2018] HCATrans 131

IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Office of the Registry
  Brisbane   No B58 of 2017

B e t w e e n -

STEPHEN JAMES QUADRIO

Plaintiff

and

BARNABY THOMAS GERARD JOYCE

First Defendant

FIONA JOY NASH

Second Defendant

MALCOLM IEUAN ROBERTS

Third Defendant

LARISSA JOY WATERS

Fourth Defendant

DOUGLAS NIVEN CAMERON

Fifth Defendant

ALEXANDER McEACHIAN GALLACHER

Sixth Defendant

BRIAN MITCHELL

Seventh Defendant

NIGEL GEORGE SCULLION

Eighth Defendant

REBEKHA CARINE CHE SHARKIE

Ninth Defendant

JOSHUA HAMILTON WILSON

Tenth Defendant

ANNE AZZA ALY

Eleventh Defendant

SUSSAN PENELOPE LEY

Twelfth Defendant

MARIA VAMVAKINOU

Thirteenth Defendant

DERRYN NIGEL HINCH

Fourteenth Defendant

SCOTT LUDLAM

Fifteenth Defendant

GORDON J

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

FROM MELBOURNE BY VIDEO LINK TO SYDNEY AND BRISBANE

ON WEDNESDAY, 11 JULY 2018, AT 9.33 AM

Copyright in the High Court of Australia

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HER HONOUR:   On 1 November 2017, the plaintiff filed a writ of summons and statement of claim claiming relief pursuant to the Common Informers (Parliamentary Disqualifications) Act 1975 (Cth).

This morning, on 11 July 2018, the plaintiff notified the Court that he intends to discontinue the proceeding against all of the defendants.  None of the defendants having filed a notice of appearance, the plaintiff does not require leave of the Court to discontinue. 

In the circumstances I make the following orders: 

1.The matter is discontinued.

2.The plaintiff shall file and serve on each of the defendants a Notice of Discontinuance by 18 July 2018.

3.There is no order as to costs.

I publish that order.

AT 9.34 AM THE MATTER WAS CONCLUDED