OAMPS v PORTER [1999] NSWSC 1200

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : OAMPS v PORTER [1999] NSWSC 1200 CURRENT JURISDICTION : EQUITY FILE NUMBER(S) : 4939/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 03/12/98 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 December 1999

PARTIES : OAMPS LIMITED & ANOR v ROBERT ARTHUR PORTER & ANOR JUDGMENT OF : Bryson J at 1

M. Lawler - Applicant A. Leopold for Plaintiff COUNSEL : I. Jackman for First Defendant T. Messer (Melb.) for Second to Fifth Defendants M. Connock (Melb.) for Sixth Cross-Defendant Australian Securities & Investments Commission for Applicant Henry Davis York for the Plaintiff Withnell Hetherington for the First Defendant SOLICITORS : Anderson Rice (Melb.) for Second Cross-Defendant Fitzpatrick Teale (Melb.) for Third Cross-Defendant Clayton Utz for Fourth Cross-Defendant Alpass & Associates for Fifth Cross-Defendant (Melb.) CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE and PROCEDURE - amendment - rulings on proposed amended cross-claims ; PRACTICE and PROCEDURE - subpoena - public interest immunity - claim by ASIC where uncompleted investigation had collected records of statements of witnesses about facts relevant to pending civil litigation in which ASIC was not a party - immunity allowed. National Companies and Securities Commission v. News Corporation (1984) 156 CLR 296 Alister v. The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 404 Zarro & Ors v. Australian Securities Commission (1992) 36 FCR 40 Somerville v. Australian Securities Commission (1995) 60 FCR 319 CASES CITED : Spargos Mining NL & Anor v Standard Chartered Aust. Ltd & Ors (No. 1) (1989) 1 ACSR 311 Thompson v. Hill (1995) 38 NSWLR 714 Jacobsen v. Rogers (1995) 182 CLR 572 Hadid v. Lenfest Communications Inc. FCA 7 May 1998 Queensland v. J.L. Holdings Pty Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 146 Walsh v. Bardsley & Anor (1931) 57 Times Law Reports 564 DECISION : See para 47