NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Sundararajah v Teachers Federation Health Ltd (No. 2) [2010] NSWSC 259
HEARING DATE(S) : 26 & 31 March 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 30 April 2010
JURISDICTION : EQUITY DIVISION
JUDGMENT OF : Davies J
DECISION : (a) The evidence relevant to category (2) is admissible in unredacted form; (b) The evidence relevant to category (1) is inadmissible in redacted form;
CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE - documentary evidence - complaints to health insurer about health service provider - whether complaints confidential - whether insurer entitled to redact documents to protect confidentiality of complainants - whether protected confidence - whether health care provider acting in professional capacity - whether admissibility of redacted documents unfairly prejudicial to health care provider.
LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995
CATEGORY : Consequential orders
Bailey v Department of Land and Water Conservation [2009] NSWCA 100 GE Capital Corporate Finance Ltd v Bankers Trust Co [1995] 1 WLR 172 Government Insurance Office of NSW v Council of the City of Penrith (unreported – Court of Appeal – 9 March 1999) CASES CITED : Great Atlantic Insurance Co v Home Insurance Co [1981] 1 WLR 529 NRMA v John Fairfax [2002] NSWSC 563 Prestia v Aknar (1996) 40 NSWLR 165 Sundararajah v Teachers Federation Health Ltd [2009] NSWSC 1443 Telstra Corporation v Australis Media Holdings (unreported - McClelland CJ in Eq – 10 February 1997)
PARTIES : Dr Raahulan Sundararajah (Plaintiff) Teachers Federation Health Ltd (Defendant)
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