Unionist Bob Carnegie says presence on picket line despite court order was his `moral duty THE contempt of court case against unionist Bob Carnegie over his alleged involvement in a picket line outside a hospital work site has been adjourned until April. Counsel for Mr Carnegie, Peter Morrissey SC, told the Federal Magistrates Court he intended to make written submissions challenging the court order Mr Carnegie is accused of breaching. Mr Morrissey said there would be an "attack" on the wording of the September 5 order made by Federal Magistrate Jarrett, barring Mr Carnegie from going within 100 metres of the "QCH project." He said he would challenge the "fatally ambiguous" wording of the order. Mr Carnegie is facing 18 contempt of court charges. He has pleaded not guilty. Mr Morrissey said the order did not include a required warning that Mr Carnegie could face imprisonment, sequestration of his assets or punishment for contempt if he failed to comply. "That did not occur and it is a matter of grave seriousness, when an order is sought and heard ex-parte," Mr Morrissey said. Mr Morrissey said the order was "incomplete" regarding the geographical location Mr Carnegie was ordered to stay away from. It was an order, issued at a hearing which Mr Carnegie did not attend, and it was in the terms that construction firm Abigroup Contractors requested, Mr Morrissey said. Counsel for Mr Carnegie has tendered an affadavit by Slater and Gordon solicitor Andrew Rich, whom the court heard had done a web search on the terms "QCH" and "QCH." Outside court Marcus Clayton, national head of industrial law for Slater and Gordon, representing Mr Carnegie, said it would be submitted that the order hinges on the phrase "QCH project." "We say material on the web suggests QCH is not only the acronym for Queensland Children's Hospital, " Mr Clayton said. He said the order was "vague, uncertain, incomplete and cannot be enforced." Mr Clayton said it also would be submitted that without the warning in the order about possible penalties that Mr Carnegie could face he could not be punished. "The wording of the order is all Abigroup's work," Mr Clayton said. They wanted an order and we say it cannot be enforced. Where someone is facing a court charge the order has to be crystal clear. Federal Magistrate Michael Burnett adjourned the case until April 2, when he will hear final arguments from lawyers for Abigroup and Mr Carnegie.