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CITATION : Brand -v- Digi-Tech [2001] NSWSC 425 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division Commercial List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50169/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 11.5.01 JUDGMENT DATE : 24 May 2001
PARTIES : Brand v Digi-Tech (Australia) Ltd & Ors JUDGMENT OF : Hunter J
COUNSEL : Applicant/Plaintiff: P. Silver Respondent/Defendant: M. Christie SOLICITORS : Applicant/Plaintiff: Atanaskovic Hartnell Respondent/Defendant: Blake Dawson Waldron CATCHWORDS : Practice & procedure - setting aside subpoena for abuse of process - ground of manifest irrelevance - status of applicant party other than person subpoenaed - sufficient interest of applicant. Compsyd Pty Ltd -v Streamline Travel Service Pty Ltd (unreported, NSW Supreme Court, 12 August 1987) Joye v Rehuxo (1999) NSWSC 785 (3 August 1999) National Employers' Mutual General Association Ltd v Waind & Hill (1978) 1 NSWLR 372 CASES CITED : Botany Bay Instrumentation & Control Pty Ltd v Steward (1984) 3 NSWLR 98 Re ACI International (1986) 11 ACLR 240 Trade Practices Commission v Kimberley Homes Pty Ltd (unreported, Federal Court, 19 July 1989) Fried -v- National Australia Bank (2000) FCA 991 (unreported) DECISION : Subpoena to BDO Nelson Parkhill be set aside. Subpoena to Smith Greenwood Bennet be set aside in part. Costs be costs in the proceedings.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION COMMERCIAL LIST HUNTER J THURSDAY 24 MAY 2001
50169/99 BRAND -v- DIGI- TECH (AUSTRALIA) LTD & ORS REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
1 There are two applications before me by notice of motion filed on behalf of the plaintiffs seeking an order setting aside subpoenas issued on the application of the defendants against two firms of accountants, namely, Smith Greenwood Bennet (SGB) and BDO Nelson Parkhill (BDO). In each case the defendants seek production of similar documents, namely :
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