Medfin Australia Pty Limited v Ian Lester Rafter (No 2) [2008] NSWDC 101

New South Wales District Court

CITATION: Medfin Australia Pty Limited v Ian Lester Rafter (No 2) [2008] NSWDC 101

HEARING DATE(S): 12 June 2008 EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 12 June 2008

JURISDICTION: Civil

JUDGMENT OF: Gibson DCJ

DECISION: (1) First defendant's Notice of Motion dismissed. (2) First defendant pay plaintiff's costs on an indemnity basis.

CATCHWORDS: JUDGMENTS - application to set aside under UCPR r 36.15 - whether failure to discover documents is "against good faith" or fraudulent - documents in question either irrelevant or tendered during the trial - application dismissed

LEGISLATION CITED: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 21.2 and 36.15

Anaconda Nickel Ltd v Edensor Nominees Pty Ltd & Anor (2004) 50 ACSR 679 Bailey v Marinoff (1971) 125 CLR 529 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Quade (1991) 178 CLR 131 D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid (2005) 223 CLR 1 Dickson v Telstra Corporation [2005] ACTCA 36 Gamer v Nominal Defendant (1977) 136 CLR 145 Harrison v Schipp (2002) 54 NSWLR 612 Hoskins v Van den-Braak & Ors (1998) NSWSC 80 Kendell v Carnegie [2006] NSWCA 302 CASES CITED: Krivoshev v Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc [2005] NSWCA 76 Lexcray Pty Ltd v Northern Territory [2003] NTCA 11 Londish v Gulf (1993) 117 ALR 361 Medfin Australia Pty Limited v Ian Lester Rafter (2007) 4 DCLR (NSW) 272; [2007] NSWDC 72 National Australia Bank v Landy Chen-Conway [2008] NSWSC 485 Pacer v Westpac (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Santow J, 2 August 1996) Shirriff v Nominal Defendant [1999] NSWCA 152 Spies v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1991) 24 NSWLR 691 Taylor & Anor v Lawrence & Anor [2002] 2 All ER 353 Wentworth v Rogers (No 5) (1986) 6 NSWLR 534 Yevad Products Pty Ltd v Brookfield [2005] FCAFC 177