Alexander v Burne (No 4) [2016] NSWSC 1479

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Alexander v Burne (No 4) [2016] NSWSC 1479 Hearing dates: 14 October 2016 Decision date: 19 October 2016 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Stevenson J Decision: Plaintiff's notice of motion of 23 June 2016 dismissed with costs Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – costs – separate question – costs order in favour of plaintiffs by decision by Court of Appeal – whether those costs should be payable forthwith; PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – disclosure of documents before delivery of statements – whether exceptional circumstances shown for purposes of Practice Note SC Eq 11 – whether disclosure before statements would reduce likelihood of experts serving multiple reports Legislation Cited: Practice Note SC Eq 11 Cases Cited: Ajkay v Hickey & Co Pty Ltd [2011] NSWSC 822 Alexander v Burne [2015] NSWSC 345 Alexander v Burne [2015] NSWCA 377 Fiduciary Limited v Morningstar Research Pty Ltd (2002) 55 NSWLR 1; NSWSC 432 Pavlovic v Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 313 Pavlovic v Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2016] NSWCA 31 RSA (Moorvale Station) Pty Ltd v VDM CCE Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 534 Solarus Projects v Vero Insurance (No 9) [2015] NSWSC 503 Universal Music Australia Pty Limited v Pavlovic [2015] NSWSC 791 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Melissa Alexander (First Plaintiff/Applicant) MAA (ODB) Nominees Pty Limited (Second Plaintiff/Applicant) Nicholas Edgar Burne (First Defendant/Respondent) Eric William Passaris (Second Defendant/Respondent) Phillip Wayne Rundle (Third Defendant/Respondent) Rana Pala (Fourth Defendant/Respondent) Robert Ian Peck (Fifth Defendant/Respondent) Pat Donato (Sixth Defendant/Respondent) John Phillip O'Donnell (Seventh Defendant/Respondent) Paul Motta (Eighth Defendant/Respondent) John Blight (Ninth Defendant/Respondent) Grant Thornton Australia Limited (Tenth Defendant/Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S Golledge (Plaintiffs/Applicants) D F C Thomas with S Jayasuriya (First to Ninth Defendants/Respondents)