Margaret Lesley Marshall and Kim Neil Marshall v Michael Prescott (No.2). [2012] NSWSC 619

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Margaret Lesley Marshall and Kim Neil Marshall v Michael Prescott (No.2). [2012] NSWSC 619 Hearing dates: 1 June 2012 Decision date: 08 June 2012 Before: Bellew J Decision: 1. The applicants are to serve any further evidence upon which they propose to rely in support of the claim for legal professional privilege by 4pm on Friday 22 June 2012. 2. The notices of motion are stood over for further directions on Friday 29 June 2012. 3. I reserve the question of costs until the final determination of the motions. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Subpoena to non-party - application to set aside - whether applicants had "sufficient interest" to bring the application - whether applicants had established a legitimate forensic purpose

WORDS AND PHRASES - "sufficient interest" - "legitimate forensic purpose" Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Air Canada v Secretary for State for Trade [1983] 2 AC 394 Alister v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 404 Associated Dominions Assurance Society Pty Limited v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Limited (1952) 72 WN (NSW) 250 Attorney General (NSW) v Chidgey [2008] NSWCCA 65 Attorney General for New South Wales v Stuart (1994) 34 NSWLR 667 Burmah Oil Company Limited v Bank of England [1980] AC 1090 Commissioner for Railways v Small (1938) 38 SR 564 Finnie v Dalglish [1982] 1 NSWLR 400 Lakatoi Universal Pty Limited & Ors v Walker & Ors ((SC (NSW) unreported 31 July 1998) McPhail v R (1988) 36 A Crim R 390 Maddison v Goldrick [1976] 1 NSWLR 651 New South Wales Commissioner of Police v Tuxford & Ors [2002] NSWCA 139 P & N Quality Smallgoods Pty Limited v Seven Network (Operations) Pty Limited [2010] NSWSC 841 Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Tastan (1994) 75 A Crim R 498 R v Saleam (1989) 16 NSWLR 14 R v Saleam [1999] NSWCCA 86 Waind v Hill & National Employers' Mutual Association Limited (1978) 1 NSWLR 372 Witness v Marsden (2000) 49 NSWLR 429 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Margaret Lesley Marshall and Kim Neil Marshall - Plaintiffs/Respondents Michael Prescott - Defendant Turks Legal - Applicant GIO General Limited - Applicant GIO Workers Compensation (NSW) Pty Limited - Applicant Representation: C J Bevan & E W Young - Plaintiffs/Respondents Turner Freeman - Plaintiffs/Respondents Colin Biggers and Paisley - Defendant Turks Legal - Applicants File Number(s): 2009/2974404