Lahoud v Hooper [2016] NSWCA 11

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lahoud v Hooper [2016] NSWCA 11 Hearing dates: 5 February 2016 Date of orders: 05 February 2016 Decision date: 05 February 2016 Before: Meagher JA at [1] and [21]; Leeming JA at [2] Decision: (1) Dismiss the applicant's summons seeking leave to appeal.

(2) Order that the applicant pay the respondent's costs of that summons. Catchwords: PRACTICE – preliminary discovery – application for leave to appeal from decision refusing preliminary discovery – no question of principle Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW), s 96 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 5.2 Cases Cited: John Fairfax & Sons Ltd v Cojuangco (1988) 165 CLR 346 Lahoud v Hooper [2015] NSWSC 1026 The Age Company Ltd v Liu [2013] NSWCA 26; 82 NSWLR 268 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Victor Lahoud (Applicant) John Hooper (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Hmelnitsky SC (Applicant) M R Elliott, J Curtin (Respondent)

Solicitors: McLachlan Thorpe Partners (Applicant) Minter Ellison (Respondent) File Number(s): 2015/305913 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Supreme Court of New South Wales Jurisdiction: Common Law Citation: [2015] NSWSC 1405 Date of Decision: 25 September 2015 Before: Adamson J File Number(s): 2015/241163