Fregnan v Stanizzo; Stanizzo v Badarne; Stanizzo v State of New South Wales [2019] NSWSC 26

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Fregnan v Stanizzo; Stanizzo v Badarne; Stanizzo v State of New South Wales [2019] NSWSC 26 Hearing dates: 30 January 2019 Date of orders: 01 February 2019 Decision date: 01 February 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison J Decision: 1. Adjourn the proceedings to 12 February 2019 for hearing. 2. Reserve the costs of the plaintiff's application to vacate the hearing. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – civil procedure – where plaintiff claims damages for malicious prosecution – where State ordered to produce documents to plaintiff despite claim for privilege – documents not produced pending appeal to Court of Appeal – where plaintiff seeks orders vacating hearing date pending determination of the appeal – whether application to vacate should be granted – whether partial adjournment preferable

PROCEDURE – civil procedure – where s 67 notice issued by State – whether hearing should be vacated until status of witness availability established Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Stanizzo v State of New South Wales [2018] NSWSC 2003 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Vincent Francis Stanizzo Karina Vivianna Fregnan Muammad Badarne State of New South Wales Representation: Counsel: C Waterstreet and M Rollinson (V Stanizzo) A Kumar (K Fregnan) A Macauley (M Badarne) N Newton and T Buterin (State of NSW) File Number(s): 2012/1296492014/924252016/296293 Publication restriction: Nil