NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Steffen v ANZ Banking Group [2009] NSWSC 666
HEARING DATE(S) : 3/6/09
JUDGMENT DATE : 15 July 2009
JURISDICTION : Equity Division Commercial List
JUDGMENT OF : McDougall J at 1
DECISION : See paragraph [125] of the judgment.
CATCHWORDS : DISCOVERY AND INTERROGATORIES - application for preliminary discovery - whether significant difference between "reasonable inquiries" and "all reasonable inquiries" - whether plaintiffs had made "reasonable inquiries" - whether plaintiffs had sufficient information to commence proceeding against defendant - whether to invoke court's discretion under relevant rules - whether discovery categories too broad - whether preliminary discovery available for proposed representative action.
Civil Liability Act 2002 Civil Procedure Act 2005 LEGISLATION CITED : Federal Court Rules Supreme Court Rules Uniform Civil Procedure Rules
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Alphapharm Pty Ltd v Eli Lilly Australia Pty Ltd (Federal Court of Australia, 24 May 1996, unreported; BC9602085) Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244 Coco v The Queen (1994) 179 CLR 427 C7 Pty Ltd v Foxtel Management Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 1864 Farah Constructions Pty Limited v Say-Dee Pty Limited (2007) 230 CLR 89 Foley v Hill (1844) 13 L J Ch 182 Foley v Hill (1848) 2 HL Cas 28 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125) Gray v Johnston (1868) LR 3 HL 1 John Fairfax and Sons Limited v Cojuangco (1988) 165 CLR 346 CASES CITED : Minister for Health and Aged Care v Harrington Associates Ltd [1999] FCA 549 Panasonic Australia Pty Ltd v Ngage Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 399 Papaconstuntinos v Holmes a Court [2006] NSWSC 945 Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Australian National Car Parks Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 114 Robb Evans of Robb Evans and Associates v European Bank Ltd (2004) 61 NSWLR 75 Securities Fund Services, Inc v American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago 542 F. Supp. 323 Sinopharm Jiangsu Co Pty Limited v Bank of China [2007] NSWSC 484 Stewart v Miller [1979] 2 NSWLR 128 St George Bank Ltd v Rabo Australia Ltd (2004) 211 ALR 147 Wickstead v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1 Wickstead v Browne (1993) 10 Leg Rep SL 2 Woolcock Street Investments Pty Limited v CDG Pty Limited (2004) 216 CLR 515
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