Price v ClearView Life Nominees Pty Limited [2024] NSWSC 706

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Price v ClearView Life Nominees Pty Limited [2024] NSWSC 706 Hearing dates: 3, 16 May 2024 Date of orders: 12 June 2024 Decision date: 12 June 2024 Jurisdiction: Equity - Applications List Before: Kunc J Decision: Motion for release from implied undertaking dismissed with costs Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — Implied undertakings — Release from — Special circumstances — Insurer seeks release in proceedings concerning TPD policy to use in assessing plaintiff's claim under income protection policy Cases Cited: Ambridge Investments Pty Ltd v Baker [2010] VSC 545 Clark v National Australia Limited (2019) 136 ACSR 329 [2019] FCA 933 Esso Australia Resources Ltd v Plowman (1995) 183 CLR 10; [1995] HCA 19 Gavan v FSS Trustee Corporation [2019] NSWSC 667 Hazell-Wright v 32 Domain Pty Ltd [2020] VSCA 129 Hearne v Street (2008) 235 CLR 125; [2008] HCA 36 Liberty Funding Pty Ltd v Phoenix Capital Ltd (2005) 218 ALR 283; [2005] FCAFC 3 Northbuild Constructions Pty Ltd v Discovery Beach Project Pty Ltd [2011] 1 Qd R 145; [2009] QCA 345 Prudential Assurance Co v Fountain Page Ltd [1991] 3 All ER 878 Riddick v Thames Board Mills Ltd [1977] 3 All ER 677 Springfield Nominees Pty Ltd v Bridgelands Securities Limited (1992) 38 FCR 217 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Russell Price (Plaintiff) ClearView Life Nominees Pty Limited (First Defendant) ClearView Life Assurance Limited (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Gollan (Plaintiff) C Purdy (Second Defendant)