Shift’s first day in court

Shift’s first day in court

The court battle over the Midnight Shift could be over as early as next month after a preliminary hearing in the equity division of the NSW Supreme Court this afternoon.

Barristers for Midnight Shift owners Tim Berry and Cameron Cruz, who brought the case, were pushing for a two day hearing where both sides would present their evidence to be set for early August.

However Arunta Investments, owners of the building that houses the iconic venue, wanted a hearing to occur at least two months away.

After a brief hearing at 2pm, the parties returned to the court around 4, where Supreme Court Justice Michael Ball made a number of orders in relation to the case, and ordered the parties to return to the court this Friday to arrange for a hearing in early August as Berry and Cruz had wanted.

Cruz and Berry seemed pleased at the result as they left the court with around a dozen supporters.

The Shift has been under the control of Arunta Investments, since the morning of Saturday, July 3 when it changed the locks on the premises.

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One response to “Shift’s first day in court”

  1. This doesnt make a lot of sense to me…why didnt they get an expedited hearing before the duty judge the day after Tim and Clarence arrived back from Amsterdam2 weeks ago?

    Proived they paid any arrears of rent and outgoings + costs, it would have had a 99% chance of getting up.

    The Equity Court will generally allow the owner back in at least once. God knows Richard Wynne worked it to death at the Oxford – twice after being locked out!

    There’s more than meets the eye in this saga – there must be some serious issues in dispute here.