Joukhador as Principal Solicitor of Thomas Booler Lawyers v New South Wales Commissioner of Police [2017] NSWSC 1287

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Joukhador as Principal Solicitor of Thomas Booler Lawyers v New South Wales Commissioner of Police [2017] NSWSC 1287 Hearing dates: 18 September 2017 Date of orders: 18 September 2017 Decision date: 18 September 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: 1. The Registrar shall forthwith make available for inspection and copying by the first and second defendants and their legal representatives the material sent to the Registrar by the Local Court upon request made pursuant to r 33.13 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 in this matter upon the application of the plaintiff ("the material").

2. The first and second defendants shall by 5pm on 19 September 2017 inform the plaintiff and the Registrar whether or not any of the material is subject to a claim of public interest immunity.

3. If no claim of public interest immunity is made in respect of the material then the Registrar shall make the material available from 10am on 20 September 2017 for inspection and copying by the plaintiff and his lawyers.

4. If a claim of public interest immunity is made in respect of the material (or any part thereof) then the defendants shall by 5pm on 21 September 2017:

(a) file and serve a notice of motion seeking appropriate relief;

(b) file and serve evidence (except confidential evidence) in support of the said notice of motion; and

(c) serve on the plaintiff a copy of the material redacted so as to reveal so much of the material as is not the subject of any claim of public interest immunity.