Matrix Film Investment One Pty Ltd & Ors v Alameda Films LLC and Warner Bros Entertainment and Pictures Inc. [2007] NSWSC 523

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Matrix Film Investment One Pty Ltd & Ors v Alameda Films LLC and Warner Bros Entertainment and Pictures Inc. [2007] NSWSC 523

HEARING DATE(S) : 23/05/07 JURISDICTION : Equity Division Commercial List

JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 23 May 2007

DECISION : Motion for separate determination of particular questions dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure - Separate question orders - Principles

Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth). Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW)

Australian National Industries Ltd v Spedley Securities Ltd (in liq) (1992) 26 NSWLR 411 Carl Zeiss Stiftung v Herbert Smith & Co [1969] 1 Ch 93 CBS Productions Pty Ltd v O'Neill [1985] 1 NSWLR 601 Century Medical v THLD Ltd [2000] NSWSC 5 Dunstan v Simmie & Co Pty Ltd [1978] VR 669 Hadid v Australis Media Ltd (unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Rolfe J, 29 March 1996) CASES CITED : Hathway v Cavanagh (2002) 43 ACSR 497 Idoport Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank Ltd [2000] NSWSC 1215 Law Society of NSW v Bruce (unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Rolfe J, 23 April 1996) Love v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1980] 2 NSWLR 112 Parramatta Stadium Trust v Civil and Civic Pty Ltd (unreported, Supreme Court of NSW, Hunter J, 27 August 1996) Rajski v Carson (1988) 15 NSWLR 84 Story of Sydney Pty Ltd v Ling (unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Rolfe J, 15 November 1994) Tallglen Pty Ltd v Pay TV Holdings Pty Ltd (1996) 22 ACSR 130