Racing New South Wales v Racing Victoria Limited (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 838

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Racing New South Wales v Racing Victoria Limited (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 838 Hearing dates: 27 June 2023; On the papers Decision date: 18 July 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Ball J Decision: See [26] Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — Preliminary discovery — To identify potential cause of action — Categories of discovery CIVIL PROCEDURE — Preliminary discovery — To identify potential cause of action — Costs of compliance — Costs to be costs in the cause of new proceedings if those proceedings are commenced within three months CIVIL PROCEDURE — Preliminary discovery — To identify potential cause of action — Costs of preliminary discovery application — Where defendant relied on submissions of other defendants Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: B & J Hudghton Investments Pty Ltd as trustee for B & J Hudghton Family Trust v Lakeba Group Ltd [2022] NSWSC 830 J & A Vaughan Super Pty Ltd v Becton Property Group Ltd [2013] FCA 340 Racing New South Wales v Racing Victoria Limited (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 576 Renton v Kelly [2018] NSWSC 1377 Tabcorp Holdings Ltd v Entain Group Pty Ltd (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 311 Category: Consequential orders Parties: Racing New South Wales (First Plaintiff) Russell Balding AO (Second Plaintiff) Racing Victoria Limited (First Defendant) Greg Nichols (Second Defendant) Greg Carpenter (Third Defendant) Brian Kruger (Fourth Defendant) Racing Queensland Board (Fifth Defendant) Racing SA Ltd (Sixth Defendant) Racing and Wagering Western Australia (Seventh Defendant) TasRacing Pty Ltd (Eighth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: AJ Bannon SC with OR Jones (Plaintiffs) TB Maxwell (First to Fourth Defendants) JL Roy (Fifth Defendant) MF Newton (Sixth Defendant) A Emmerson (Seventh Defendant) CJ Hamilton (Solicitor for Eighth Defendant)