Idoport Pty Ltd & Anor v National Australia Bank Limited & 8 Ors; Idoport Pty Ltd & Market Holdings Pty Ltd v Donald Robert Argus; Idoport Pty Ltd "JMG" v National Australia Bank Limited [23] [2001] NSWSC 435

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Idoport Pty Ltd & Anor v National Australia Bank Limited & 8 Ors; Idoport Pty Ltd & Market Holdings Pty Ltd v Donald Robert Argus; Idoport Pty Ltd "JMG" v National Australia Bank Limited [23] [2001] NSWSC 435 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50113/98; 50026/99; 3991/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 22/5/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 May 2001

Idoport Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Market Holdings Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) National Australia Bank Limited (Defendant) Donald Robert Argus (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

COUNSEL : Mr M Dicker (Plaintiffs) Mr J Sackar (Defendants) SOLICITORS : Withnell Hetherington (Plaintiffs) Freehills (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure - Discovery LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules CASES CITED : Ferguson v Mackaness Produce [1970] 2 NSWR National Australia Bank and Others v Idoport Pty Ltd and Another [2000] NSWCA 8 DECISION : Rulings on Notice of Motion seeking discovery given.

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Notice of Motion paragraphs 2(b) and (c) 1 1 Notice of Motion paragraph 2(b) 4 12 Notice of Motion paragraph 3 6 23

THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION - COMMERCIAL LIST

EINSTEIN J

Tuesday, 22 May 2001 ex tempore Revised 25 May 2001

50113/98 IDOPORT PTY LIMITED & ANOR v NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED & 8 ORS

50026/99 IDOPORT PTY LIMITED & ANOR v DONALD ROBERT ARGUS

3991/00 IDOPORT PTY LIMITED ("JMG") v NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED

JUDGMENT - On Defendants' Notice of Motion 6 seeking further discovery 1 There is before the court under cover of amended notice of motion number 6, filed by the defendants on 2 May 2001, an application for the plaintiffs to give discovery of documents in a number of classes by filing and serving on the defendants a further and better list.