National Australia Bank Ltd & Ors v Idoport Pty Ltd & Anor [2000] NSWCA 8

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : National Australia Bank Ltd & Ors v Idoport Pty Ltd & Anor [2000] NSWCA 8 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40907/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 9 February 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 February 2000

PARTIES : National Australia Bank Ltd, National Markets Group Ltd, National Australia Financial Management Ltd, Australian Market Automated Quotation (Ausmaq) System Ltd, Glenn Lawrence Lord Barnes, Francis John Cicutto, David Milton Krasnostein, Kevin Francis Courtney, Russell Allan McKimm (Claimants] v Idoport Pty Ltd, Market Holdings Pty Ltd (Opponents) JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Priestley JA at 1; Fitzgerald JA at 23

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Equity Division LOWER COURT ED 50113/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Einstein J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Claimants - J. Karkar QC / H.K. Insall Opponents - J.J. Garnsey QC / M.C.L. Dicker SOLICITORS : Claimants - Freehill Hollingdale & Page Opponents - Withnell Hetherington CATCHWORDS : Application for leave to appeal against discovery orders LEGISLATION CITED : NSW Supreme Court Rules, Pt 23 CASES CITED: Commonwealth v Northern Land Council (1991) 30 FCR 1 Compagnie Financiers du Pacifique v Peruvian Guano Co (1882) XI QBD 55 DECISION : Application dismissed with costs.

THE SUPREME COURT

OF NEW SOUTH WALES

COURT OF APPEAL

CA 40907/99 ED 50113/98

MASON P PRIESTLEY JA FITZGERALD JA

Tuesday, 15 February 1999

NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD & ORS v IDOPORT PTY LTD & ANOR APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL AGAINST DISCOVERY ORDERS - no error of principle by trial judge - no ground for leave to appeal. ORDERS Application dismissed with costs.