NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Re Southland Coal Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 259
HEARING DATE(S) : 21 February 2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 31 March 2005
Equity Division JURISDICTION : Corporations List
JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq
DECISION : Application to set aside summonses for examination dismissed.
CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS [319]- Examination- Examination of officers of and experts retained by solicitors for company's insurer- Whether oppressive or abuse of process. EVIDENCE [72]- Privilege- Insurer's solicitors retain experts after disaster but before claim made- Whether reports privileged.
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 596B LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995, ss 118, 119
DSE (Holdings) Pty Ltd v InterTan Inc (2003) 135 FCR 151 Gerah Imports Pty Ltd v Duke Group Pty Ltd (1993) 116 FLR 479; 12 ACSR 513 Grosvenor Hill v Barber (1994) 12 ACSR 646 Hamilton v Oades (1989) 166 CLR 486 Hong Kong Bank of Australia Ltd v Murphy (1992) 28 NSWLR 512 Kelly v Murphy (1993) 12 ACSR 365 Mitsubishi Electric Australia Pty Ltd v Victorian Workcover Authority (2002) 4 VR 332 Nickmar Pty Ltd v Preservatrice Skandia Insurance Ltd (1985) 3 NSWLR 44 Pratt Holdings Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (2004) 207 ALR 217 Re Allstate Explorations NL (2003) 46 ACSR 379 CASES CITED : Re BPTC Ltd (1993) 10 ACSR 756 Re Global Medical Imaging Management Ltd [2001] NSWSC 481 Re GPI Leisure Corporation Ltd (1994) 12 ACLC 815 Re Highgrade Traders Ltd [1984] BCLC 151 Re Hugh J Roberts Pty Ltd (1970) 91 WN (NSW) 537 Re Interchase Corporation Ltd (1996) 21 ACSR 375 Re Spedley Securities Ltd; Ex parte Potts (1990) 2 ACSR 152 Sherlock v Permanent Trustee of Australia Ltd (1996) 22 ACSR 16 Sydney Airports Corporation Ltd v Qantas Airways Ltd [2005] NSWCA 47 Vardas v South British Insurance Co Ltd [1984] 2 NSWLR 652 Wheeler v Le Marchant (1881) 17 Ch D 675
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