In the matter of Mulsanne Resources Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 358

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: In the matter of Mulsanne Resources Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 358 Hearing dates: Monday 11 March 2013 Decision date: 11 March 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division - Corporations List Before: Brereton J Decision: Claim for privilege upheld and access to document refused Catchwords: PRACTICE & PROCEDURE - application to stay liquidators examinations as abuse of process - objection to notice to produce - client legal privilege - whether there are reasonable grounds for thinking that the document in question might evidence an abuse of process - whether claim for privilege maintainable Legislation Cited: (NSW) Evidence Act 1995, s 11(2), s 125 Cases Cited: Citicorp Australia Ltd v Cirillo [2000] SASC 219 Dataquest (Australia Pty Ltd) v Dataquest Inc (unreported, FCA, Tamberlin J 8 August 1996) Georgeski v Owners of Strata Plan 9833 [2004] NSWSC 945 In re Daintrey [1893] 2 QB 116 Kang v Kwan (2002) 11 BPR 20,623 Pitts v Adney (1961) 78 WN (NSW) 886 Van Der Lee v State of New South Wales [2002] NSWCA 286 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Nathan Leslie Tinkler (First Applicant) Troy Allan Palmer (Second Applicant) Matthew Thomas McClelland Keen (Third Applicant) Amy Louise Hyde (Fourth Applicant) Proper Officer of Aston Resources Investments P/L (Fifth Applicant) Blackwood Corporation Ltd (Plaintiff) Mulsanne Resources P/L (in liq) (Defendant) Robyn Louise Duggan and John Melluish as liquidators of Mulsanne Resources Pty Ltd (Respondents) Representation: Counsel: A Leopald SC w V Whittaker (Applicants) C R Newlinds SC w D Sulan (Respondents) Solicitors: DLA Piper Australia (Applicants) Clayton Utz (Respondents) File Number(s): 2012/ 296966