Weston v Publishing and Broadcasting Limited [2011] NSWSC 14

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Weston v Publishing and Broadcasting Limited [2011] NSWSC 14 Hearing dates: 2 February 2011 Decision date: 04 February 2011 Jurisdiction: Equity Division - Corporations List Before: Barrett J Decision: Paragraph 24 of defendants' notice to produce set aside Catchwords: PROCEDURE - notice to produce documents - defendants seek production of plaintiffs' litigation funding agreement - pending application by defendants for order setting aside service of statement of claim - whether funding agreement relevant to a fact in issue - whether funding agreement protected by client legal privilege Legislation Cited: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 477(2B) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, rules12.11.1(e), 21.9(2), 21.10(1)(b) Cases Cited: Apple Computer Australia Pty Ltd v Wily [2002] NSWSC 855 Brookfield Multiplex Ltd v International Litigation Funding Partners Pte Ltd (No 2) [2009] FCA 449; (2009) 180 FCR 1 Deloughery v Weston [2010] NSWCA 148; (2010) 79 ACSR 180 Dorajay Pty Ltd v Aristocrat Leisure Ltd [2005] FCA 588 Green (as liquidator of Arimco Mining Pty Ltd) v CGU Insurance Ltd [2008] NSWSC 390 Kimberley Mineral Holdings Ltd v McEwan [1980] 1 NSWLR 210 Onefone Australia Pty Ltd v One.Tel Ltd [2010] NSWSC 498; (2010) 78 ACSR 163 Re Bauhaus Pyrmont Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 543 Re Global Medical Imaging Management Ltd [2001] NSWSC 476 Rickard Constructions Pty Ltd v Rickard Hails Moretti Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 234 Spatialinfo Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Ltd [2005] FCA 455 Weston v Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd [2010] NSWSC 1288 Weston v Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd [2010] NSWSC 1350 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Paul Gerard Weston as Special Purpose Liquidator of One.Tel Limited (First Plaintiff) One.Tel Limited (Second Plaintiff) Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (now known as Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd) (First Defendant) Consolidated Press Holdings Limited (Second Defendant) Robbdoc Pty Limited (Third Defendant) Toranaga Pty Limited (Fourth Defendant) Cavalane Holdings Pty Limited (Fifth Defendant) News Limited (Sixth Defendant) Leteno Pty Limited (Seventh Defendant) James Douglas Packer (Eighth Defendant) Peter William Yates (Ninth Defendant) Lachlan Keith Murdoch (Tenth Defendant) Peter John Macourt (Eleventh Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr I M Jackman SC/Mr A A D'Arcy (Plaintiff) Mr J D Elliott SC/Mr D W Bennett (1 to 5 and 8 defendants) Solicitors: Lipman Karas (Plaintiff) Minter Ellison (1 to 5 and 8 defendants) File Number(s): 2007/255083