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Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Crawley v Vero Insurance Ltd (No 4) [2012] NSWSC 1582 Hearing dates: 5 December 2012 Decision date: 19 December 2012 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: Application to administer interrogatories dismissed. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to administer interrogatories in relation to resolution under s 409 of Legal Profession Act 2004 – exclusively within knowledge of decision maker(s) – whether necessary – whether reasonably required – whether validity of resolution in issue on pleadings – interrogatories not necessary for the resolution of the issues raised in the pleadings. Legislation Cited: - Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) - s 13 - Interpretation Act 1987 - s 41 - Legal Profession Act 1987 - s 44 - Legal Profession Act 2004 - s 409 - Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 - r 14.27 Cases Cited: - Attorney-General v Walker (1849) 3 Exch 242; 154 ER 833 - Austral Monsoon Industries Pty Ltd v Pittwater Council [2009] NSWCA 154; 75 NSWLR 169 - Chong v Nguyen [2005] NSWSC 588 - Crawley v Vero Insurance Ltd [2012] NSWSC 593 - Crawley v Vero Insurance Limited (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 1053 - Crawley v Vero Insurance Ltd & Ors (No 3), NSWSC unrep, 25.10.12 - Lee v Carlton Crest Hotel (Sydney) Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 1392 - Pelechowski v Registrar, Court of Appeal (NSW) [1999] HCA 19; 198 CLR 435 - State Drug Crime Commission of NSW v Chapman (1987) 12 NSWLR 477 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Christopher William Crawley (Plaintiff) Vero Insurance Ltd (First Defendant) HDI-Gerling Australia Insurance Company Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) Gordian Runoff Ltd (Third Defendant) Westport Insurance Corporation (Fourth Defendant) Zurich Specialities London Ltd (Fifth Defendant) LawCover Pty Ltd (Sixth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr M.L.D. Einfeld QC, Mr A.C. Harding (Plaintiff) Mr D.L. Williams SC, Ms L. Chan (Defendants) Solicitors: Bruce & Stewart (Plaintiff) Colin Biggers & Paisley (Defendants) File Number(s): 2010/397627
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