b'The red book caseAttorney-General v WyldeIn 1943 Allen Allen & Hemsley partner Minton Taylor beganInfuriated, Wylde appealed to the High Court of Australia.advising the Anglican Church on what became known asIn December 1948 the High Court delivered its judgment the red book case. Taylor had long been the legal adviser toand as a result, the red book could not be used in the the Diocese of Sydney. Now, he would represent laymen oftwenty Bathurst churches, the subject of the initial case. the church against one of its leaders. However, the red book could continue to be used in the remaining thirty churches in the diocese. The laymen of the The dispute arose when the Anglican Bishop of Bathurst,church had taken on the bishop and won, but the red book Arnold Wylde, introduced within his diocese a new orderwas still in use. The publicity surrounding the case revealed of service book entitled The Holy Eucharist (dubbed the redgreat unrest within the church. There were no winners.book). The book sparked great controversy, particularly for its deviation from the standard order of service and its use of the sign of the cross and the Sanctus bell.Some parishioners in Bathurst and Sydney believed the book was heresy. Twenty-three laymen of the church engaged Taylor to persuade Wylde to withdraw the order of service. When Wylde refused, legal proceedings were launched to put an end to its circulation. The dispute dragged on for six years and the Archbishop of Canterbury intervened, unsuccessfully, in an attempt to limit the resultant reputational damage.In 1944 court proceedings were brought against Wylde in the Supreme Court of New South Wales to restrain the use and distribution of the book on the basis that it breached the charitable trusts upon which church property was held in the Bathurst Diocese. Wylde raised a variety of defences including challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear the matter. The case was heard in 1947 over seven days. In February 1948 the judge granted an injunction restraining use of the red book. Wylde unsuccessfully appealed to the Full Court.The Holy Eucharist (also known as the red book). 117'