NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: SL v Catholic Diocese of Lismore [2020] NSWSC 1203 Hearing dates: 28 August 2020 Date of orders: 28 August 2020 Decision date: 28 August 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Garling J Decision: (1) Dismiss the Notice of Motion filed 21 July 2020; (2) Fix the subpoenas for return before the Registrar at 9am on 3 September 2020. (3) Order each party to pay their own costs of the Notice of Motion filed 21 July 2020. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — Subpoenas — Application to set aside – application to set aside subpoena issued to the previous lawyers for the plaintiff concerning disclosure of documents to the media – whether the subpoena had a legitimate forensic purpose – subpoena found to go to the credit and credibility of the plaintiff – motion to set aside dismissed Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Alister v the Queen [1984] HCA 45; (1984) 154 CLR 404 Commissioner for Railways v Small (1938) SR 564 R v Saleam [1999] NSWCCA 86 R v Saleam (1989) 16 NSWLR 14 Texts Cited: Not Applicable Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: SL (P) Catholic Diocese of Lismore (Respondent) Mark Barrow, Ken Cush & Associates Pty Ltd (Applicant) Representation: Counsel: E Anderson (Applicants) W Reynolds (Respondent/Defendant)
Solicitors: Somerville Laundry Lomax (Applicant) Hannigans Lawyers (Respondent/Defendant) File Number(s): 2019/169122 Publication restriction: Not applicable
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