Skytraders Pty Ltd v Ian Wallace Meyer (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 1528

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Skytraders Pty Ltd v Ian Wallace Meyer (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 1528 Hearing dates: 30 October 2024 Date of orders: 29 November 2024 Decision date: 29 November 2024 Jurisdiction: Equity - Applications List Before: Kunc J Decision: Defendant's documents privileged; Defendant to pay plaintiff's costs thrown away by reason of IT expert's error Catchwords: EVIDENCE — Privileges — Client legal privilege — No issue of principle Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) ss 117, 119 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Pt 21, r 21.1 Cases Cited: Hancock v Rinehart (Privilege) [2016] NSWSC 12 Rickard Constructions Pty Ltd v Richard Hails Morretti Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 234 Skytraders Pty Ltd v Ian Wallace Meyer [2021] NSWSC 1670 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Skytraders Pty Ltd (Plaintiff /Applicant) Ian Wallace Meyer (First Defendant /First Respondent) Air Affairs (Australia) Pty Ltd (Second Defendant/Second Respondent) Pel-Air Aviation Pty Ltd (Third Respondent) Premier Aviation (Holdings) Pty Ltd (Fourth Respondent) Representation: Counsel: A R Zahra SC (Plaintiff /Applicant) M Davis (First Defendant /First Respondent) B Mostafa (Second Defendant/Second Respondent) D Birch (Fourth Respondent)

Solicitors: Gilbert and Tobin (Plaintiff/Applicant) Arnold Bloch Leibler (First Defendant/First Respondent) Ashurst (Second Defendant/Second Respondent) Clayton Utz (Fourth Respondent) File Number(s): 2021/75965