NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Azzi & Ors v Volvo [2006] NSWSC 283
HEARING DATE(S) : 7 March 2006
JUDGMENT DATE : 7 March 2006
JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 03/07/2006
DECISION : Order that the notice to produce dated 28 February 2006, as amended on 7 March 2006, be set aside. Order the plaintiffs to pay the defendant's costs of the motions insofar as they relate to setting aside the notice to produce.
CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE – EVIDENCE – Subpoenas and Notices to Produce – setting aside – oppressive – interrelationship of burden and apparent relevance – late service of extensive notice shortly before trial – effect of limitation of discovery to classes on rule that subpoena should not be used to seek further discovery.
LEGISLATION CITED : Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, r 21.2
Bailey v Beagle Management Pty Ltd (2001) 105 FCR 136 Bidald Consulting Pty Ltd v Miles Special Builders Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 977 Botany Bay Instrumentation Pty Limited v Stewart (1984) 3 NSWLR 98 Budden v Wilkinson [1893] 2 QB 432 Commissioner for Railways v Small (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 564 Compagnie Financier et Commerciale du Pacifique v Peruvian Guano Company (1882) 11 QBD 55 Finnie v Dalglish [1982] 1 NSWLR 400 Fruehauf Finance Corporation Pty Ltd v Zurich Australian Insurance Ltd (1990) 20 NSWLR 359 Gardner v Irvin (1878) 4 Ex D 49 Hall v Truman, Hanbury & Co (1885) 29 CLD 307 Hastings Corporation v Ivall (1873) LR 8 Ch App 1017 CASES CITED : Hatton v Attorney-General (2000) 158 FLR 31 Highfields Preparatory and Kindergarten School Pty Ltd v Simpson (NSWSC, Master Greenwood, 22 August 1985, unreported) Ishoe v David Sevities Pty Ltd (NSWSC, Young J, 13 December 1991, unreported) Jones v Monte Video Gas Co (1880) 5 QBD 556 Mogul Steamship Co v McGregor, Gow & Co (1886) 2 TLR 752 Mulley v Manifold (1959) 103 CLR 341 National Employers' Mutual General Insurance Association Ltd v Waind [1978] 1 NSWLR 372 Portal Software Pty Ltd v Bodsworth [2005] NSWSC 1115 Ritz Hotel Ltd v Charles of the Ritz Ltd (No 17) (NSWSC McLelland J, 11 February 1988, unreported) Senior v Holdsworth; Ex parte Independent Television News Ltd [1976] QB 23 Southern Pacific Hotel Services Inc v Southern Pacific Hotel Corp Ltd [1984] 1 NSWLR 710 Trade Practices Commission v Arnotts Ltd (1989) 21 FCR 306
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