JRD GHALLOUB PTY LTD v ANTHONY GHALLOUB ROBERT ELTOBBAGI v ANTHONY GHALLOUB [2013] NSWSC 56

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: JRD GHALLOUB PTY LTD v ANTHONY GHALLOUB ROBERT ELTOBBAGI v ANTHONY GHALLOUB [2013] NSWSC 56 Hearing dates: 05.02.2013 Decision date: 05 February 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Lindsay J Decision: Decline to grant a certificate under the Evidence Act, 1995 (NSW) s 128A. Order that Notices of Motion be dismissed. Directions given for further conduct of proceedings. Catchwords: EVIDENCE - facts excluded from proof - on grounds of privilege - self-incrimination - disclosure of the redacted information would not materially assist plaintiff but may, by virtue of s 128A(8) of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), impede, and not materially assist, the conduct of criminal or other proceedings - whether an order under s 128A(6) of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) should be granted - whether a certificate under s 128A(7) of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) should be granted. Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 128A Cases Cited: - Texts Cited: - Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Anthony Ghalloub (Defendant in the proceedings numbered 2012/393580; First Defendant in the proceedings numbered 2012/397188) AJG and Associates Pty Ltd (Second Defendant in the proceedings numbered 2012/397188) JRD Ghalloub Pty Ltd (First Plaintiff in the proceedings numbered 2012/393580) Joseph Raymond Ghalloub (Second Plaintiff in the proceedings numbered 2012/393580) Robert Eltobbagi (Plaintiff in the proceedings numbered 2012/397188) Representation: A G Jamieson (Counsel for the Defendant in the proceedings numbered 2012/393580 and the First Defendant in the proceedings numbered 2012/397188) JJ Loofs (Counsel for the First and Second Plaintiffs in the proceedings numbered 2012/393580) P Crossland (Counsel for the Plaintiff in the proceedings numbered 2012/397188) Coleman Greig Lawyers (Solicitor for the First and Second Plaintiffs in the proceedings numbered 2012/393580) Jackson Lalic Lawyers (Solicitor for the Plaintiff in the proceedings numbered 2012/397188) Jeffrey Choy Legal (Solicitor the Defendant in the proceedings numbered 2012/393580 and the First Defendant in the proceedings numbered 2012/397188) File Number(s): 2012/00393580 2012/00397188 -