Bianca Hope Rinehart v Georgina Hope Rinehart [2015] NSWSC 205

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Bianca Hope Rinehart v Georgina Hope Rinehart [2015] NSWSC 205 Hearing dates: 10 March 2015 Date of orders: 10 March 2015 Decision date: 10 March 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Darke J Decision: Subpoena not set aside as an abuse of process. Notice to Produce set aside. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – subpoena issued by applicant for preliminary discovery – some overlap between documents sought on subpoena and documents sought on preliminary discovery – whether subpoena should be set aside as an abuse of process – no abuse of process shown – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules r 5.3

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – notice to produce – – non-compliance with Equity Division Practice Note 11 – defects in form of notice – notice set aside Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules r 5.3 Cases Cited: Glencore International AG v Selwyn Mines Ltd [2005] FCA 801; (2005) 223 ALR 238 Hatfield v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 69; (2010) 77 NSWLR 506 Ian Edward Morton & 5 Ors v Nylex Ltd & 1 Or [2007] NSWSC 562 Liu v The Age Company Ltd [2011] NSWSC 53 Telstra Corporation Limited v Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts [2007] FCA 1398 The Owners Strata Plan SP 69567 v Baseline Constructions Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 502 Tony Hassan Noun v Margaret Pavey [2014] NSWSC 429 Tyco Australia Pty Ltd v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd [2005] FCAFC 115; (2005) 142 FCR 428 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Bianca Hope Rinehart (first plaintiff) John Langley Hancock (second plaintiff)