Michael Wilson and Partners Limited v Robert Colin Nicholls & Ors [2009] NSWSC 790

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Michael Wilson and Partners Limited v Robert Colin Nicholls & Ors [2009] NSWSC 790

HEARING DATE(S) : 15/6/09, 16/6/09, 23/6/09, 24/06/09, 29/06/09, 30/06/09, 13/07/09, 14/07/09, 23/07/09, 24/07/09, 27/07/09 - 30/07/09 JURISDICTION : Equity Division Commercial List

JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 10 August 2009

DECISION : Subject to limited exceptions entirety of 37,000 documents to be rejected.

CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure - Discovery - Late discovery of 37,000 pages of documents - Evidence Act 1995 - Discretion to reject evidence where probative value substantially outweighed by danger that evidence might be unfairly prejudicial to a party - Section engaged - Case management

LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Australian Securities and Investment Commission v Rich & Ors (2005) 218 ALR 764 CASES CITED : Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Australian Safeway Stores [1999] FCA 1269 Ordukaya v Hicks [2000] NSWCA 180 R v BD (1997) 94 A Crim R 131

Australian Law Reform Commission, Evidence, Report No 26 (Interim), (1985), vol 1, para 644 TEXTS CITED : Judicial Review (2006) 7 TRJ 431 Odgers, Uniform Evidence Law 3rd ed (1998)

Michael Wilson & Partners (Plaintiff) Robert Colin Nicholls (First Defendant) David Ross Slater (Second Defendant) PARTIES : Temujin Services Limited (Third Defendant) Temujin International Limited (Fourth Defendant) Temujin International FZE (Fifth Defendant) Shaikenov & Partners, LLP (Sixth Defendant) Scoulton Holdings Limited (Seventh Defendant)