NM Rural Enterprises Pty Ltd v Rimanui Farms Limited [2008] NSWSC 472

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : NM Rural Enterprises Pty Ltd v Rimanui Farms Limited [2008] NSWSC 472

HEARING DATE(S) : 28 March 2008

JUDGMENT DATE : 16 May 2008

JUDGMENT OF : Harrison J

1. The third defendant's amended notice of motion dated 15 February 2008 is dismissed. DECISION : 2. The third defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs of the motion. 3. I make no order with respect to the costs of the first defendant.

CATCHWORDS : CIVIL PROCEDURE - discovery - further and better discovery - whether affidavit verifying list of documents conclusive – interrogatories – whether relevant to a fact in issue – defendant's motion dismissed

Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Beecham Group Ltd v Bristol-Myers Co [1979] VR 273 Boyle v Downs [1979] 1 NSWLR 192 British Association of Glass Bottle Manufacturers Ltd v Nettlefold [1912] AC 709 Chong v Nguyen [2005] NSWSC 588 CASES CITED : Director-General, Dept of Community Services v D [2006] NSWSC 827 Mulley v Manifold [1959] HCA 23; (1959) 103 CLR 341 Pelechowski v Registrar Court of Appeal [1999] HCA 19; (1999) 198 CLR 435 Percy v General Motors-Holdens Pty Ltd [1975] 1 NSWLR 289 Preston v Star City Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 293 Proctor and Gamble Australia Pty Ltd v Medical Research Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 183

NM Rural Enterprises Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Rimanui Farms Limited (First Defendant) Gil Gil Farming Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) Lloyds Syndicate No 1243 (Third Defendant)