NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Michael Wilson and Partners Limited v Robert Colin Nicholls [2008] NSWSC 501
HEARING DATE(S) : 12/05/08, 13/05/08, 20/05/08, 23/05/08
JUDGMENT DATE : 23 May 2008
JURISDICTION : Equity Division Commercial List
JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J
DECISION : Case management decisions on a number of issues including refusal to split issues of liability and quantum, grant of leave to further amend commercial list statement, order that if plaintiff seeks leave to file further evidence in chief all extant freezing orders be automatically revoked, security for costs, confidentiality regimes and extension of freezing orders.
CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Case management - Overriding purpose rule- transformation of the anterior overriding purpose rules of the Court into statutory form has given a new lease of life to the Court's discretionary case management powers - Dennis v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2008] NSWCA 37 - Separate question orders - Leave to amend pleading - Difficulties in refusing leave where the hearing date has been vacated and no particular prejudice to the defendants has been identified - Leave to serve further evidence - Variation of confidentiality regime - Application for discovery - Security for costs - Freezing orders
Civil Procedure Act 2005 LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules 1970 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005
CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings
Australian National Industries Ltd v Spedley Securities Ltd (in liq) (1992) 26 NSWLR 411 Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244 Barrett v Ecco Personnel Pty Ltd [1998] NSWCA 30 Beach Petroleum NL v Johnson (1992) 7 ACSR 203 CBS Productions Pty Ltd v O'Neil [1985] 1 NSWLR 601 Century Medical Inc v THLD Ltd [2000] NSWSC 5 Cropper v Smith (1884) 26 Ch D 700 Dennis v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2008] NSWCA 37 Dunstan v Simmie & Co Pty Ltd [1978] VR 669 Hadid v Australis Media Ltd (Supreme Court of NSW, Rolfe J, 29 March 1996, unreported) CASES CITED : Idoport Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank Ltd [2000] NSWSC 1215 Law Society of NSW v Bruce (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Rolfe J, 23 April 1996, unreported) Ninemia Maritme Corporation v Trave GmbH & Co KG (The Niedersachsen) [1983] 2 Lloyd's Rep 600; [1983] 1 WLR 1412 Parramatta Stadium Trust v Civil and Civic Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Hunter J, 27 August 1996, unreported) Patterson v BTR Engineering (Aust) Limited (1989) 18 NSWLR 319 Rajski v Carson (1988) 15 NSWLR 84 Sali v SPC Ltd (1993) 67 ALJR 841 Smith Martis Cork & Rajan Pty Ltd v Benjamin Corporation Pty Ltd (2004) 207 ALR 136 State of Queensland v JL Holdings Pty Ltd 189 CLR 146 Story of Sydney Pty Ltd v Ling (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Rolfe J, 15 November 1994, unreported) Tallglen Pty Ltd v Pay TV Holdings Pty Ltd (1996) 22 ACSR 130 Wright v Ryan [2005] NSWCA 368
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