NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Portal Software v Bodsworth [2005] NSWSC 1115
HEARING DATE(S) : 14 October 2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 14 October 2005
JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J
DECISION : Set aside Registrar's decision to set aside notice to produce; vary Registrar's decision restricting access.
CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Review of Registrar's decisions - nature of review - whether and to what exent nature of hearing de novo - subpoenas and notices to produce - setting aside - relevance - test of relevance - onus of establishing relevance - access - confidentiality - whether access should be limited to legal representatives - relevant considerations.
Restraints of Trade Act 1976 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 45.19
Alister v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 404 Bailey v Beagle Management Pty Ltd (2001) 105 FCR 136 Banksia Mortgages v McClymont [2004] NSWSC 525 Beaufort Air Sea Equipment Pty Ltd v Emhart Australia Pty Ltd (NSWSC, Master Malpass, 18 December 1992, unreported) Botany Bay Instrumentation and Control Limited v Stuart [1984] 3 NSWLR 98 British Xylonite Company Limited v Fibrenyle [1959] RPC 252 Bruce v Tyson (NSWSC, 9 December 1998, unreported) Colley v Hart (1890) 7 RPC 101 Commissioner for Railways v Small (1938) SR (NSW) 564 Commonwealth v Northern Land Council (1993) 176 CLR 604 Hatton v Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia & Ors (2000) 158 FLR 31; (2000) 26 Fam LR 520; (2000) FLC 93-038 Highfields Preparatory and Kindergarten School Pty Ltd v Simpson (NSWSC, Master Greenwood, 22 August 1985, unreported) Idoport Pty Ltd V National Australia Bank Limited [2001] NSWSC 648 In the Will of Sheppard [ 1972] 2 NSWLR 714 CASES CITED : Kanthal (Australia) Pty Ltd v Minister for Industry Technology and Commerce (1987) 14 FCR 90 McLeish v Brown (NSWSC, Master Malpass, 23 April 1993, unreported, BC 999397) Modern Woodcraft Pty Ltd v Nott (NSWSC, 7 March 1997, Young J, unreported, BC9700735) QBE NSW Pty Ltd v The Sportspit Pty Ltd (NSWSC, 12 October 1995, Young J, unreported, BC9501739) R v Saleam (1989) 16 NSWLR 14 Roussel Uclaf v Imperial Chemical Industries plc [1990] FSR 25 Santos Limited v Pipelines Authority of Australia (1996) 66 SASR 388 Straney v Lithgow District Workers Club Ltd [2005] NSWSC 69 Swain v Edwin Sinclair Tyre Co (1903) Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games v Reebok International [2000] NSWSC 85 Trade Practices Commission v Arnotts Limited (1989) 21 FCR 306; 88 ALR 90 Waind & Hill v The National Employers Mutual General Association [1978] 1 NSWLR 372 Warner - Lambert Co v Glaxo Laboratories Limited [1975] RPC 354 Westpac Banking Corporation v Abemond Pty Ltd (NSWSC, 3 November 1994, Santow J, unreported, BC 940439). White v Tulloch (1995) 127 FLR 105, (1995) 19 Fam LR 696, (1995) FLC 92-640
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