RSA (Moorvale Station) Pty Ltd v VDM CCE Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 534

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: RSA (Moorvale Station) Pty Ltd v VDM CCE Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 534 Hearing dates: 8 May 2013 Decision date: 09 May 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division - Technology and Construction List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Documents to be disclosed Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Practice Note SC Eq 11 - whether certain documents ought to be disclosed where the parties have not yet served all of their evidence - evidence in chief served - documents said to be necessary for expert reply evidence - whether exceptional circumstances necessitating disclosure exist Legislation Cited: Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld) Practice Note SC Eq 11 Cases Cited: Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Ltd Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 393 Leda Manorstead Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue; Leda Manorstead Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2012] NSWSC 913 Leighton International v Hodges; Thiess v Reinforced Earth [2012] NSWSC 458 SkyMesh Pty Ltd v Ipstar Australia Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 696 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: RSA (Moorvale Station) Pty Ltd (plaintiff) VDM CCE Pty Ltd (first defendant) VDM Group Ltd (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Rudge SC with E Cowpe (plaintiff) F P Hicks (defendants) Solicitors: James Beatty & Associates (plaintiff) Wotton & Kearney as town agents for Talbot Olivier (defendants) File Number(s): SC 2011/57243 Publication restriction: Nil