Nicholls v Michael Wilson & Partners Limited [2010] NSWCA 100

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: Nicholls v Michael Wilson & Partners Limited [2010] NSWCA 100

HEARING DATE(S): 19 April 2010

JUDGMENT DATE: 5 May 2010

JUDGMENT OF: Young JA at [1]

DECISION: (1) Leave to the appellants to amend the notice of appeal. (2) All notices of motion dismissed with the successful parties' costs to be costs in the appeal.

CATCHWORDS: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE- security for costs- no special circumstances- application of respondent and application of appellants re cross-appeal dismissed- no question of principle- comments as to quantum of costs in appeals. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE- notice to produce (quasi subpoena) to produce arbitral award- court finds appellants liable as accessories for X's breach of fiduciary duties- X not a party to NSW suit- respondent sues X before London Arbitrators- suggestion that Arbitrators later found X not liable- whether relevant- significance of inconsistent verdicts- whether finding that principal not liable means nothing payable by accessories- Held legitimate forensic purpose to support notice to produce.

LEGISLATION CITED: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 42.21, r51.50

CATEGORY: Procedural and other rulings

Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244 Cropper v Smith (1884) 26 Ch D 700 CSR Ltd v Cigna Insurance Australia Ltd [1997] HCA 33; 189 CLR 345 Horton v Jones (No 2) (1939) 39 SR (NSW) 305 MacKenzie v The Queen [1996] HCA 35; 190 CLR 348 CASES CITED: National Employers' Mutual General Insurance Association Ltd v Waind & Hill [1978] 1 NSWLR 372 NSW Bar Association v Forbes Macfie Hansen Pty Ltd (1988) 18 FCR 378; 82 ALR 431 Ponsford v Swaine (1861) 1 J & H 433; 70 ER 816 R v Breen (1990) 99 FLR 474 (NTSC) R v Rowley (Eli) [1948] 1 All ER 570 Rippon v Chilcotin Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 142; 53 NSWLR 198 Tildesley v Harper (1878) 10 Ch D 393