Century v THLD (No 3) [2000] NSWSC 428

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Century v THLD (No 3) [2000] NSWSC 428 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50042/1998 HEARING DATE(S) : 19/05/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 June 2000

Century Medical Inc - Plaintiff THLD Limited - First Defendant Medical TPLC Pty Limited - Second Defendant PARTIES : TPLC Pty Limited - Third Defendant Telectronics Pacing Systems Inc - Fourth Defendant TPLC Incorporated - Fifth Defendant Nucleus Limited - Sixth Defendant Pacific Dunlop Limited - Seventh Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Rolfe J

COUNSEL : Mr L.G. Foster SC - Plaintiff Mr T.J. Walker - Defendants SOLICITORS : Blake Dawson Waldron - Plaintiff Freehill Hollingdale & Page, Melbourne - Defendants CATCHWORDS : Leave to Re-Open Judgment Before Order Passed and Entered - Leave granted. - Discovery: Application of the definition of "relevance" in Part 23 rule 1(d) to the balance of the Part and Application in cases where documents give rise to a train of inquiry. National Australia Bank Limited & Ors v Idoport Pty Limited & Anor (2000) NSWCA 8 Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council (1982) 149 CLR 672 Auto Desk Inc & Anor v Dyason & Ors (1993) 176 CLR 300 CASES CITED : Mulley v Manifold (1959) 103 CLR 341 at p.345 Idoport Pty Limited & Anor v National Australia Bank Limited & Ors (1999) NSWSC 1026 Lakatoi Universal Pty Limited & Ors v Walker & Ors (Rolfe J - 31 July 1998 - unreported) Compagnie Financiers du Pacifique v Peruvian Guano Co (1882) XI QBD 55 at p.63 Dubbo Base Hospital v Jones [1979] 1 NSWLR 225 DECISION : Leave granted to re-open. I stand the matter over to Friday, 9 June 2000. I invite the plaintiff to bring in Short Minutes of Order on that day to give effect to these reasons and I shall hear argument on the question of costs of the matters thus far argued.