G&S Engineering Services Pty Ltd v MACH Energy Australia Pty Ltd (No 10) [2023] NSWSC 1240

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: G&S Engineering Services Pty Ltd v MACH Energy Australia Pty Ltd (No 10) [2023] NSWSC 1240 Hearing dates: On the papers; submissions received 10 and 16 October 2023 Decision date: 19 October 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Technology and Construction List Before: Stevenson J Decision: No further disclosure of Mr Purnamasidi's notebooks required Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – discovery – further and better discovery – notebooks of director of cross-claimants – whether whole notebooks should be disclosed – where notebooks have been reviewed by solicitor for cross-claimant and extracts responding to discovery categories identified and disclosed Cases Cited: G&S Engineering Services Pty Ltd v MACH Energy Australia Pty Ltd (No 6) [2022] NSWSC 628 Westgate Finance v May [2012] NSWSC 806 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 (Plaintiffs/Cross-Defendants)

Solicitors: HFW Australia (Plaintiffs/Cross-Defendants) Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Defendants/Cross-Claimants) File Number(s): 2019/71358