G&S Engineering Services Pty Ltd v MACH Energy Australia Pty Ltd (No 9) [2023] NSWSC 1093

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: G&S Engineering Services Pty Ltd v MACH Energy Australia Pty Ltd (No 9) [2023] NSWSC 1093 Hearing dates: 6 September 2023 Date of orders: 7 September 2023 Decision date: 07 September 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Technology and Construction List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Rulings given as to whether privilege has been waived Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – discovery – privilege – whether privilege has been waived Cases Cited: Barnes v Commissioner of Taxation [2007] FCAFC 88 Farrow Mortgage Services Pty Limited (in liq) v Webb (1996) 39 NSWLR 601 G&S Engineering Services Pty Ltd v MACH Energy Australia Pty Ltd (No 6) [2022] NSWC 628 GR Capital Group Pty Ltd v Xinfeng Australia International Investment Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 266 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: G&S Engineering Services Pty Ltd (First Plaintiff/First Cross-Defendant) DRA Pacific Pty Ltd (Second Plaintiff/Second Cross-Defendant) DRA Group Holdings (Pty) Ltd (Third Cross-Defendant) DRA Global Limited (Fourth Cross-Defendant) MACH Energy Australia Pty Ltd (First Defendant/First Cross-Claimant) MACH Mount Pleasant Operations Pty Ltd (Second Defendant/Second Cross-Claimant) J.C.D. Australia Pty Ltd (Third Defendant/Third Cross-Claimant) Representation: Counsel: T J Porter with D Johnson (Plaintiffs/Cross-Defendants) D T Miller SC with M Doyle (Defendants/Cross-Claimants)