Schofields Property Development Pty Ltd v Lindsay-Owen [2014] NSWSC 220

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Schofields Property Development Pty Ltd v Lindsay-Owen [2014] NSWSC 220 Hearing dates: 7 March 2014 Decision date: 12 March 2014 Jurisdiction: Equity Division - Commercial List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Exceptional circumstances not established Catchwords: PROCEDURE - interlocutory issues - disclosure of documents - Practice Note SC Eq 11 - parties have not yet served all evidence - whether documents necessary to enable expert to conclude report - applicant has exercised contractual entitlement to documents from one cross defendant - whether exceptional circumstances established in relation to other cross defendant Legislation Cited: Practice Note SC Eq 11 Cases Cited: Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Ltd v 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 RSA (Moorvale Station) Pty Ltd v VDM CCE Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 534 SkyMesh Pty Ltd v Ipstar Australia Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 696 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Gregory Hamilton Willoughby Lindsay-Owen (First Applicant/First Defendant/First Cross Claimant) Dairycorp Pty Ltd (Second Applicant/Second Defendant/Second Cross Claimant) Schofields Property Development Pty Ltd (First Respondent/Plaintiff/First Cross Defendant) Villawood Management Pty Ltd (Second Respondent/Second Cross Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Dicker SC (Applicants/Defendants/Cross Claimants) L V Gyles SC with P M Knowles (Respondents/Plaintiff/Cross Defendants) Solicitors: HWL Ebsworth Lawyers (Applicants/Defendants/Cross Claimants) Clayton Utz (Respondents/Plaintiff/Cross Defendants) File Number(s): SC 2013/215845 Publication restriction: Nil