Carbotech-Australia Pty Ltd v Yates [2008] NSWSC 1149

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Carbotech-Australia Pty Ltd v Yates [2008] NSWSC 1149

HEARING DATE(S) : 1 October 2008 JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 1 October 2008

DECISION : Plaintiffs need not produce pursuant to Notice to Produce of 25 September 2008 such documents described as were sent by them after 30 June 2005

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE – NOTICE TO PRODUCE – whether notice serves legitimate forensic purpose – relevant considerations – stage of proceedings – available alternatives

LEGISLATION CITED : (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, rr 21.10, 21.11

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Carbotech-Australia Pty Ltd (P1) Ground Consolidation Pty Ltd (P2) Minova International Pty Ltd (P3) Ian Kenneth Yates (D1; XD1 in XC1; XD2 in XC2; XP1 in XC3) Donna Yates (D2; XD2 in XC1; XD3 in XC2; XP2 in XC3) Eligild Pty Ltd (D3; XD3 in XC1; XD4 in XC2; XP3 in XC3) Ron Godfrey Nielsen (D4; XD4 in XC1; XD5 in XC2; XP4 in XC3) SES Resources Pty Ltd (D5; XP1 in XC1; XD6 in XC2) PARTIES : SES 2005 Pty Ltd (D6; XP2 in XC1; XD7 in XC2) Wombat Holdings (NSW) Pty Ltd (D7; XD5 in XC1; XD8 in XC2; XP5 in XC3) Global Resins Pty Ltd (D8; XP3 in XC1; XD9 in XC2; XD3 in XC3) SES International Ltd (D9; XP4 in XC1; XD10 in XC2) Mark Weston (D10; XD6 in XC1; XD1 in XC2; XD6 in XC3) Era Polymers Pty Ltd (D11; XD7 in XC1; XP1 in XC2) Era Polymers Holdings Pty Ltd (D12; XD8 in XC1; XP2 in XC2) Geoffrey David Mellon (D13; XD9 in XC1; XD11 in XC2; XD9 in XC3) SES Holdings Plc (D15; XP5 in XC1; XD13 in XC2)