Leisure Developments (Qld), application of [2002] NSWSC 248

Reported Decision : 41 ACSR 276

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Leisure Developments (Qld), application of [2002] NSWSC 248 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3946/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 25 February, 4, 8, 11, 12, 13 March 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 March 2002

PARTIES : William Robert Ell, Allan Edward Keast, Colin Graeme Allerdice, John Robert Thomas, Raymond Phillip Fazzolari, Peter Grattan French, Hugh Martin, James Norman Etherington, Peter Lockyer, Douglas Arthur Trood, Leda Commercial Properties Pty Ltd, Leda Finance Pty Ltd, Leda Pty Ltd, Leda Holdings Pty Ltd, Leisure Management Pty Ltd (Applicants) Christopher John Palmer (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

COUNSEL : F M Douglas QC with W G Muddle (Applicants) N Cotman SC with I Young (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Paul Bard (Applicants) Australian Government Solicitor (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - interlocutory process by examinees to set aside examination summonses and orders for production on grounds, inter alia, of abuse of process - examinees' application for access to liquidator's affidavits supporting issue of examination summonses - examinees' notice to produce to liquidator to support application to set aside examination summonses - relevant principles LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 596(C)(2) Donnelly v Davison (2000) 105 FCR 1 Freshkept Technology Pty Ltd (in liq) v Goodwin [2000] VSC 500 (28 November 2000) Purnell Bros Pty Ltd v Transport Engineers Pty Ltd (1984) 73 FLR 160 CASES CITED : Re BPTC Ltd (in liq) (1993) 10 ACSR 756 Re Excel Finance Corporation Ltd (1994) 52 FCR 69 Re Hugh J Roberts Pty Limited (in liq) [1970] 2 NSWR 582 Re Moage Ltd (in liq) [1997] 719 FCA (1 August 1997) (Mansfield J) DECISION : Access to liquidator's affidavit granted; access to produced materials granted, subject to masking of identity of potential examinees