Lynch v Cash Converters Personal Finance Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 266

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Lynch v Cash Converters Personal Finance Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 266 File number: NSD 900 of 2015

Judge: GLEESON J

Date of judgment: 3 March 2016

Catchwords: DISCOVERY – discovery of documents – relevance of requested discovery

Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 rr 20.11, 20.14, 20.15

Date of hearing: 3 March 2016

Registry: New South Wales

Division: General Division

National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations

Sub-area: Regulator and Consumer Protection

Category: Catchwords

Number of paragraphs: 8

Counsel for the Applicant: Ms R Francois

Solicitor for the Applicant: Maurice Blackburn Pty Ltd

Counsel for the Respondent: Ms S Mirzabegian

Solicitor for the Respondent: Herbert Smith Freehills

ORDERS NSD 900 of 2015

BETWEEN: SEAN LYNCH Applicant

AND: CASH CONVERTERS PERSONAL FINANCE PTY LTD (ACN 110 275 762) First Respondent

SAFROCK FINANCE CORPORATION (QLD) PTY LTD (ACN 098 566 520) Second Respondent

JUDGE: GLEESON J DATE OF ORDER: 3 MARCH 2016

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. The time for compliance by the respondents with Order 6 made on 15 December 2015 is extended to 4 pm on Friday, 8 April 2016, subject to documents being provided to the applicant in tranches on or before 4 March 2016, 18 March 2016, and 8 April 2016. 2. By Friday, 8 April 2016 the respondents give discovery of documents listed at Annexure 1 to these orders by: (a) producing for inspection the documents discovered in these proceedings in electronic format in accordance with the Electronic Discovery Protocol annexed at annexure 4 to the orders of Justice Gleeson dated 17 December 2015, and (b) filing and serving a verified list of documents. 3. The matter be listed for a further case management hearing at 9:30 am on Thursday, 26 May 2016. 4. Liberty to apply on 3 days' notice. Note: Entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 39.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011.