IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY

VG 487 OF 2000

BETWEEN:

THE BARKER GOSLING GROUP PTY LTD

(ACN 052 007 226)

FIRST APPLICANT

BARKER GOSLING

(a firm operating in Sydney and the State of New South Wales)

SECOND APPLICANT

BARKER GOSLING

(a firm operating in Brisbane and the State of Queensland)

THIRD APPLICANT

BARKER GOSLING

(a firm operating in Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory)

FOURTH APPLICANT

AND:

BRUCE ROSS LILLEY

FIRST RESPONDENT

JOHN MacDONALD SPEIRS McKELL

SECOND RESPONDENT

TRESS COCKS AND MADDOX (a firm)

THIRD RESPONDENT

BRUCE GEOFFREY ADAMS

FOURTH RESPONDENT

MICHAEL JACOBS

FIFTH RESPONDENT

MICHAEL JOHN LEFEBVRE

SIXTH RESPONDENT

HOWARD HILTON CHAIT

SEVENETH RESPONDENT

BARRY JOSEPHS

EIGHTH RESPONDENT

JUDGE:

MERKEL J

DATE:

27 JULY 2000

PLACE:

MELBOURNE

Counsel for the Applicant:

Mr RC Macaw QC with

Mr MA Robins

Solicitor for the Applicant:

Nathan Kuperholz

Counsel for the Respondent:

Mr RA Brett QC with

Mr P Crutchfield

Solicitor for the Respondent:

Tress Cocks & Maddox

Date of Hearing:

18 July 2000

Date of Judgment:

27 July 2000