Pegasus Gold v Kilborn Engineering [2000] NSWSC 183

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Pegasus Gold v Kilborn Engineering [2000] NSWSC 183 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3135 of 1999 HEARING DATE(S) : 13 and 16 March 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 March 2000

PARTIES : Peter Ivan Felix Geroff and Gregory Michael Moloney as Deed Administrators of Pegasus Gold Australia Pty Limited (subject to a Deed of Company Arrangement) (Applicants) Kilborn Engineering Pacific Pty Limited (Respondents) JUDGMENT OF : Windeyer J at 1

COUNSEL : Mr Mark Dempsey (Applicant) Mr J. Burley (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Allen Allen & Hemsley (Applicant) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - order for production under SCR Pt 36 r12 - production in support of examinations under the Corporations Law - parent company claimed to hold insurance policy giving indemnity to subsidiary company - whether such policy within power of subsidiary - whether order for production extends to document within power - whether court could order subsidiary to request parent to produce on basis legal entitlement to production Corporations Law LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970, s23 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Pt 36, r12, r16, r17 Fraser River Pile & Dredge v Can-Dive Services Ltd SCC 1999 No. 26415 Linfa Pty Ltd v Citibank Limited [1995] 1 VR 643 CASES CITED : Lonrho Ltd v Shell Petroleum Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 627 Palmdale Insurance Limited (in liq) v L Grollo & Co Pty Ltd [1987] VR 113 Rochfort v Trade Practices Commission (1982) 153 CLR 134 Trident & General Insurance Co Ltd v McNiece Brothers Pty Ltd (1988) 165 CLR 107 DECISION : See paragraph 8