Chaina & Ors v The Presbyterian Church (NSW) Property Trust & Ors [2008] NSWSC 290

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Chaina & Ors v The Presbyterian Church (NSW) Property Trust & Ors [2008] NSWSC 290

HEARING DATE(S) : 20/11/2007, 21/11/2007

JUDGMENT DATE : 7 April 2008

JUDGMENT OF : Hoeben J

DECISION : Orders to be made in accordance with defendants' motion.

CATCHWORDS : Confidential information - application by defendants for provision of formulae and manufacturing process - opposed - whether provision of samples of product sufficient - whether defendants should be required to test samples in order to work out formulae - whether provision of formulae and manufacturing process by plaintiffs reasonable and necessary - effect of competing scientific evidence.

LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

CASES CITED : Nowlan v Marson Transport Pty Limited (2001) 53 NSWLR 116 at [26] White v Overland (2001) FCA 1333 at [4]

Mathew Chaina - First Plaintiff George Chaina - Second Plaintiff Rita Chaina - Third Plaintiff Proton Technology Pty Limited - Fourth Plaintiff Deluxe Chemicals Pty Limited - Fifth Plaintiff Jean-Pierre Chaina - Sixth Plaintiff The Presbyterian Church (New SouthWales) Property Trust - First Defendant Robert Iles - Second Defendant Christine Alexander - Third Defendant Gordon Black - Fourth Defendant PARTIES : Ewen Brown - Fifth Defendant Richard Bull - Sixth Defendant Bruce Christian - Seventh Defendant Simon Fraser - Eighth Defendant Roy Johnston - Ninth Defendant William McLaren - Eleventh Defendant Philip Mitchell - Twelfth Defendant Tony Pfeiffer - Thirteenth Defendant Robert Richards - Fourteenth Defendant Harry Taylor - Fifteenth Defendant Peter Wolnizer - Sixteenth Defendant