Gerasimov v Allianz Australia Life Insurance Ltd; Gerasimov v Suncorp Life & Superannuation Ltd; Gerasimov v Onepath Life [2012] NSWDC 118

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Gerasimov v Allianz Australia Life Insurance Ltd; Gerasimov v Suncorp Life & Superannuation Ltd; Gerasimov v Onepath Life [2012] NSWDC 118 Hearing dates: 10 August 2012 Decision date: 14 August 2012 Before: Knox SC DCJ Decision: Non-disclosure directed and access to hard-drives granted. Catchwords: INSURANCE - life insurance contracts - proceedings by executor - whether policy holder deceased - non-disclosure prior to trial - discovery of entire hard-drives - protection of privacy of executor - protection from damage to hard-drive Legislation Cited: Insurance Contracts Act 1984 Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Markus v Provincial Insurance Co Ltd (1983) 25 NSWCCR 1 Halpin v Lumley General Insurance Ltd [2009] NSWCA 372; (2009) 78 NSWLR 265 Johnston v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd; Johnston v Richardson [2003] NSWSC 454 Halpin v Lumley General Insurance Ltd [2009] NSWSC 644; (2009) 258 ALR 588 Marsden v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Limited [1999] NSWSC 428 Boyes v Colins [2000] WASCA 344; (2000) 23 WAR 123 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Sergey Gerasimov (Plaintiff) Allianz Australia Life Insurance Ltd (Defendant) Suncorp Life & Superannuation Ltd (Defendant) Suncorp Life & Superannuation Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Mr P Bingham (Plaintiff) Mr R A Cavanagh SC with Mr S J Walsh (Defendants) Maurice Blackburn Pty Limited (Plaintiff) Turks Legal (Defendants) File Number(s): 2011/301247; 2011/304114; 2011/292705