Sydney Tools Pty Ltd v Neicho & Ors [2021] NSWSC 752

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Sydney Tools Pty Ltd v Neicho & Ors [2021] NSWSC 752 Hearing dates: 2 June 2021 & written submissions Date of orders: 24 June 2021 Decision date: 24 June 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Lindsay J Decision: (1) Orders made for disclosure of documents and information. (2) An application for the separate determination of questions of liability and relief dismissed. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — Discovery — General discovery — Orders for disclosure of documents and information CIVIL PROCEDURE — Separate determination of questions — Application for separate determination of questions of liability and relief dismissed Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Plaintiff: Sydney Tools Pty Ltd ACN 112 852 285 First Defendant: Sean Anthony Neicho Second Defendant: Anthony Soccio Third Defendant: Warren David Jones Fourth Defendant: Shoukry Asaad Fifth Defendant: David Thomson Sixth Defendant: Michael Hall Seventh Defendant: Nicole Bemelmans Eighth Defendant: Total Tools Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 138 595 525 Ninth Defendant: Total Tools Stores Pty Ltd ACN 617 752 806 Tenth Defendant: Total Tools Commercial Pty Ltd ACN 621 146 772 Eleventh Defendant: TT Brookvale Pty Ltd ACN 617 753 670 Twelfth Defendant: TT Brooklyn Pty Ltd ACN 145 002 660 Thirteenth Defendant: TT Dandenong Pty Ltd ACN 006 867 572 Fourteenth Defendant: TT Darwin Pty Ltd ACN 603 142 650 Fifteenth Defendant: TT Geelong Pty Ltd ACN 138 182 671 Sixteenth Defendant: TT Grovedale Pty Ltd ACN 625 236 571 Seventeenth Defendant: TT Kilsyth Pty Ltd ACN 129 065 630 Eighteenth Defendant: TT Melton Pty Ltd ACN 160 017 336 Nineteenth Defendant: TT Mitcham Pty Ltd ACN 108 933 240 Twentieth Defendant: Total Tools Moorabbin Store Pty Ltd ACN 623 395 228 Twenty First Defendant: TT Narre Warren Pty Ltd ACN 122 947 826 Twenty Second Defendant: TT Sandgate Pty Ltd ACN 621 841 969 Twenty Third Defendant: TT South Melbourne Pty Ltd ACN 146 263 185 Twenty Fourth Defendant: TT Traralgon Pty Ltd ACN 105 322 129 Twenty Fifth Defendant: TT Warners Bay Pty Ltd ACN 612 768 546 Twenty Sixth Defendant: Total Tools (Importing) Pty Ltd ACN 084 220 342 Twenty Seventh Defendant: Total Tools Industrial Pty Ltd ACN 073 711 789 Twenty Eighth Defendant: Total Tools Licensing Pty Ltd ACN 143 791 736 Twenty Ninth Defendant: Total Tools Online Pty Ltd ACN 167 416 355 Thirtieth Defendant: Paul Dumbrell Thirty First Defendant: Michael O'Donohue Thirty Second Defendant: Andrew Illichmann Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: MR Elliott SC and AR Langshaw Defendants: G Dalton QC and D Larish