85 Degrees Coffee Australia Pty Ltd v Ji [2020] NSWDC 708

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: 85 Degrees Coffee Australia Pty Ltd v Ji [2020] NSWDC 708 Hearing dates: 13 November 2020 Date of orders: 13 November 2020 Decision date: 13 November 2020 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraphs 44-51 Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – default judgment entered into against defendant – defendant applied to set aside default judgment – plaintiff served notice to produce for the purpose of resisting application to set aside default judgment – defendant's application to be excused from producing certain categories of documents – alleged invalidity of notice – alleged claim of client legal privilege Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 68 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 118, 119 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 21.9, 21.10, 21.11 Cases Cited: Australian Executor Trustees Ltd v Lanmar Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 549 Chen v City Convenience Leasing Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 297 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Glencore International AG and Others v Federal Commissioner of Taxation and Others (2019) 93 ALJR 967; [2019] HCA 26 Graphite Energy Pty Ltd v Lloyd Energy Systems Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1326 Hancock v Rinehart (Privilege) [2016] NSWSC 12 J & M McNamee Holdings Pty Ltd v Mungerie Vale Pty Ltd t/as Greenwood Group Realtors [2019] NSWCA 283 Ken Tugrul v Tarrants Financial Consultants Pty Ltd (No.5) [2014] NSWSC 437 Texts Cited: Hamilton et al, NSW Civil Procedure Handbook 2020, Thomson Reuters Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: 85 Degrees Coffee Australia Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Ms L Ji (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr D Smallbone for the plaintiff Mr J Clifton for the defendant