Muscat v Qin [2024] NSWSC 113

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Muscat v Qin [2024] NSWSC 113 Hearing dates: 28 August 2023 Date of orders: 15 February 2024 Decision date: 15 February 2024 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: McGrath J Decision: See [443]–[460] Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — preliminary discovery — to identify potential cause of action — where the plaintiff fails to satisfy any of the elements of Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 5.3 — where the plaintiff brought the application for an extraneous purpose and the court would exercise its discretion to refuse it Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 1995 (NSW) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Arnaout v Arnaout [2019] NSWSC 565 B & J Hudghton Investments Pty Ltd as trustee for the B & J Hudghton Family Trust v Lakeba Group Limited [2022] NSWSC 830 Beston Parks Management Pty Ltd v Sexton [2008] VSC 392 BGC Securities (Australia) Pty Ltd v Shillington [2022] NSWSC 611 Contour Building and Construction Pty Ltd v Kerr [2008] NSWSC 883 Ekes v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2014] NSWCA 336; 313 ALR 665 Glencore International AG v Selwyn Mine Ltd [2005] FCA 801; 223 ALR 238 Globe Capital Administration Pty Ltd v Cecil Developments Pty Ltd atf the Cecil Developments Unit Trust (Receivers and Managers appointed) [2023] NSWSC 574 Hatfield v TCN Channel 9 Pty Ltd (2010) 77 NSWLR 506; [2010] NSWCA 69 Kevin Young v The Neil Jenman Group Pty Limited [2015] NSWSC 1908 Label Manufacturers Australia Pty Ltd v Chatzopoulos [2023] NSWSC 646 Morton v Nylex Ltd [2007] NSWSC 562 O'Connor v O'Connor [2018] NSWCA 214 Panasonic Australia Pty Ltd v Ngage Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 399; 69 IPR 595 Papaconstuntinos v Holmes a Court [2006] NSWSC 945 Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals v Samsung Bioepis AU Pty Ltd (2017) 257 FCR 62; [2017] FCAFC 193 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun (1981) 147 CLR 589 Racing New South Wales v Racing Victoria Limited (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 576 RGA Reinsurance Company of Australia Ltd v Westpac Life Insurance Services Ltd [2020] NSWSC 1299 Rinehart v Rinehart [2015] NSWSC 1201; 108 ACSR 415 Roberts v Walter Developments Pty Ltd (1995) 16 ACSR 544 SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc v Flexirent Capital Pty Ltd [2022] FCA 1393 St George Bank Ltd v Rabo Australia Ltd [2004] FCA 1360; 211 ALR 147 Steffen v ANZ Banking Group [2009] NSWSC 666 Tabcorp Holdings Ltd v Entain Group Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 220 The Pharmacy Guild of Australia v Ramsay Health Care Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1045 Victorian Taxi Families Inc v Taxi Services Commission (2018) 61 VR 91; [2018] VSC 594 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Andrew Muscat (Plaintiff) Yuxin Qin (First Defendant) TA Tools Pty Ltd (ACN 614 710 726) (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: FFF Salama and A Smyth (Plaintiff) ME Hall (Defendants)