NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Chaina & Ors v The Presbyterian Church (NSW) Property Trust & Ors (No 2) [2008] NSWSC 1056
HEARING DATE(S) : 17/04/2008, 16/05/2008, 10/09/2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 13 October 2008
JUDGMENT OF : Hoeben J
DECISION : Second, fourth and fifth plaintiffs disclose the confidential information in accordance with the order proposed in this judgment. Second, fourth and fifth plaintiffs pay the defendants' costs of the motion, including the costs associated with the form of the orders to be made.
CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - confidential information - objection to expert witness having access to confidential information - whether expert witness prevented from access by likelihood of working for trade rival in future - whether justifiable concern that confidentiality be lost - availability of alternative expert - whether contractual undertaking as to confidentiality sufficient to protect confidential information - whether substantial injustice - form of confidentiality regime - costs.
Bayer Bioscience NV v Deltapine Australia Pty Limited [2006] FCA 68 Chaina & Ors v The Presbyterian Church (NSW) Property Trust & Ors [2008] NSWSC 290 CASES CITED : Gebauer Nominees Pty Limited v Cole [2008] WASSCA 38 Hotrox Charcoal Co v Gebauer Nominees Pty Limited [2002] WASCA 293 Mobil Oil Australia Limited and Anor v Guina Developments Pty Limited [1996] 2 VR 34 at 38
George Chaina - Second Plaintiff Rita Chaina - Third Plaintiff Proton Technology Pty Limited - Fourth Plaintiff Deluxe Chemicals Pty Limited - Fifth Plaintiff The Presbyterian Church (New SouthWales) Property Trust - First Defendant Robert Iles - Second Defendant Christine Alexander - Third Defendant Gordon Black - Fourth Defendant Ewen Brown - Fifth Defendant PARTIES : 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
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