Idoport Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank Limited [5] [2000] NSWSC 148

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Idoport Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank Limited [5] [2000] NSWSC 148 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50113/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 28/2/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 February 2000

PARTIES : Idoport Pty Limited & Anor (Plaintiffs) National Australia Bank Ltd & Ors (Defendants) JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

COUNSEL : J.J. Garnsey QC, T.J. Hancock, M.C. Dicker (Plaintiffs) J.H. Karkar QC, H.K. Insall (Defendants) SOLICITORS : Withnell Hetherington (Plaintiffs) Freehill Hollingdale & Page (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure - Discovery - Admissions - Facts in issue - Documents discoverable are those relevant to the facts in issue - Court's power to discharge discovery orders under Supreme Court Rules - Inherent jurisdiction of Court to discharge procedural orders - Whether an admission by one party sufficient to remove a fact from issue - Statements made by the Court of Appeal during argument LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules 1970 Adam P Brown Male Fashions Pty Ltd v Philip Morris Incorporated (1981) 148 CLR 170 Brimaud v Honeyset Instant Print Pty Ltd (unreported, 19 September 1988, Supreme Court of New South Wales, McLelland J) Butt v Butt [1987] 1 WLR 1351 Chanel v Woolworth & Co [1981] 1 WLR 485 CASES CITED : Gordano v Burgess [1988] 1 WLR 890 Hutchinson v Nominal Defendant [1972] 1 NSWLR 443 National Australia Bank Ltd v Idoport Pty Ltd & Anor [2000] NSWCA 8 (unreported, 15 February 2000, Court of Appeal) Warringah Shire Council v Industrial Acceptance Corporation (unreported, 22 November 1997, New South Wales Supreme Court, McLelland J) Wilkshire and Coffee v Commonwealth of Australia (1976) 9 ALR 325 Woods v Sheriff of Queensland (1895) 6 QLJ 163 DECISION : Plaintiffs' notice of motion seeking an order for a discharge of the discovery orders made on 28 October 1999 dismissed.