DR & DE Holdings Pty Ltd v Marchant [2020] NSWSC 912

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: DR & DE Holdings Pty Ltd v Marchant [2020] NSWSC 912 Hearing dates: 30 June 2020 Date of orders: 17 July 2020 Decision date: 17 July 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Rothman J Decision: The plaintiff to provide short minutes of order arising from the reasons for judgment and to provide same to the Associate to Rothman J within two working days of the date of these reasons for judgment. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Discovery – General Discovery – application of principles of election, waiver and estoppel on account of previous deliberate non-pursuit of orders – principles do not apply – Categories of documents – delay – quick, cheap and just – discovery ordered in amended terms. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Common Law Procedure Act 1899 (NSW), s 102 Common Law Procedure Act 1854 (UK) Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), ss 14, 54 Partnership Act 1892 (NSW), s 24 Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 21.1, 21.2 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 55, 56 Cases Cited: Agricultural and Rural Finance Pty Ltd v Gardiner (2008) 238 CLR 570; [2008] HCA 57 Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394; [1990] HCA 39 Compagnie Financiere et Commerciale du Pacifique v Craine v Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Co Ltd (1920) 28 CLR 305; [1920] HCA 64 Peruvian Guano Company (1882) 11 QBD 55 Ferguson v Mackaness Produce Pty Ltd [1970] 2 NSWR 66 Grundt v Great Boulder Pty Gold Mines Ltd (1937) 59 CLR 641; [1937] HCA 58 Hutchinson v Glover (1875) 1 QBD 138 O'Rourke v Darbishire [1920] AC 581 Smith's Weekly Publishing Co Ltd v Sunday Times Newspaper Co Ltd (1923) 31 CLR 552; [1923] HCA 9 Pelechowski v Registrar, Court of Appeal (NSW) (1999) 198 CLR 435; [1999] HCA 19 Victoria v Sutton (1998) 195 CLR 291; [1998] HCA 56 Woodley v Woodley (No 4) [2017] WASC 360 Youlden Enterprises Pty Ltd v Health Solutions (WA) Pty Ltd [2005] WASC 60 Texts Cited: John W Carter, Carter on Contract (2002, Butterworths) Ken Handley, Estoppel by Conduct and Election (2006, 2nd ed., Sweet & Maxwell) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: DR & DE Holdings Pty Ltd as trustee for the Robson Consulting Group Unit Trust (Plaintiff) Troy Marchant (Defendant) David Evers (Second Cross-Defendant) Representation: Counsel: S Hill (Plaintiff) M Sneddon (Defendant) D Parish (Second Cross-Defendant)