The Checkout Pty Ltd v Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd (No 11) [2021] NSWSC 1477

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Checkout Pty Ltd v Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd (No 11) [2021] NSWSC 1477 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 16 November 2021 Decision date: 16 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Stevenson J Decision: ABC to pay the costs of the motions concerning subpoenaed documents Catchwords: COSTS – where party to which subpoenas directed produced documents with redactions – where Court's authority to make redactions not hitherto sought – where party issuing the subpoenas sought declaration that producing party in contempt – where party producing documents sought orders confirming the redactions – where Court declined to make declaration of contempt but ordered that many such documents be produced without redaction – what costs orders should be made in relation to the applications Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: The Checkout Pty Ltd v Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 1238 The Checkout Pty Ltd v Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd (No 2) (Supreme Court (NSW), Stevenson J, 17 September 2020, unrep) The Checkout Pty Ltd v Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd (No 3) [2020] NSWSC 1364 The Checkout Pty Ltd v Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd (No 4) (Supreme Court (NSW), Stevenson J, 14 October 2020, unrep) The Checkout Pty Ltd v Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd (No 5) [2020] NSWSC 1516 The Checkout Pty Ltd v Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd (No 6) [2020] NSWSC 1820 The Checkout Pty Ltd v Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd (No 7) [2020] NSWSC 1883 The Checkout Pty Ltd v Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd (No 8) [2021] NSWSC 703 The Checkout Pty Ltd v Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd (No 10) (Supreme Court (NSW), Stevenson J, 21 July 2021, unrep) Category: Procedural rulings Parties: The Checkout Pty Ltd (First Plaintiff) Giant Dwarf Pty Ltd (Second Plaintiff) Julian Francis Xavier Morrow (Third Plaintiff) Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Nicholas Harvey Murray (Second Defendant) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Interested Party) Representation: Counsel: S Chrysanthou SC with C O'Neill (Plaintiffs) B F Katekar SC (Defendants) R White (Interested Party)