Tabcorp Holdings Ltd v Entain Group Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 220

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Tabcorp Holdings Ltd v Entain Group Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 220 Hearing dates: 23 February 2023 Date of orders: 15 March 2023 Decision date: 15 March 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Limited preliminary discovery ordered Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – preliminary discovery – whether plaintiff may have causes of action against the defendants – whether plaintiff does not have sufficient information to make decision whether to commence proceedings on those causes of action Legislation Cited: Betting and Racing Act 1998 (NSW) Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Schedule 2 – Australian Consumer Law Totalizator Act 1997 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Unlawful Gambling Act 1998 (NSW) Cases Cited: Andrianakis v Uber Technologies (Ruling No 1) [2019] VSC 850 CrownBet Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWSC 1470 Dellara Pty Limited (subject to a deed of company arrangement) (receiver appointed) v Geoffrey Philip Reidy in his capacity as deed administrator of Dellara Pty Limited [2015] NSWSC 2044 Fatimi Pty Ltd v Bryant & 2 Ors (2004) 59 NSWLR 678; [2004] NSWCA 140 Hatfield v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd (2010) 77 NSWLR 506; [2010] NSWCA 69 Morton v Nylex Ltd [2007] NSWSC 562 O'Connor v O'Connor [2018] NSWCA 214 Papaconstuntinos v Holmes a Court & Anor [2006] NSWSC 945 Pioneer Energy Holdings v Seth [2014] NSWSC 492 The Pharmacy Guild of Australia v Ramsay Health Care Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1045 Uber Australia Pty Ltd v Andrianakis (2020) 61 VR 580; [2020] VSCA 186 Texts Cited: Practice Note SC Eq 11 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ACN 063 780 709) (First Plaintiff) TAB Ltd (ACN 081 765 308) (Second Plaintiff) Entain Group Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Australian Hotels Association (NSW) Holdings Pty Ltd (ACN 124 070 042) (Second Defendant) Australian Hotels Association NSW (ABN 64 243 628 807) (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: R C A Higgins SC with B Lim (Plaintiffs) P D Herzfeld SC with O R Jones (First Defendant) D J Reynolds (Second and Third Defendants)