Wollongong Coal Ltd v Gujarat NRE Properties Pty Ltd (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 758

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Wollongong Coal Ltd v Gujarat NRE Properties Pty Ltd (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 758 Hearing dates: 7 June 2019 Decision date: 21 June 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Ward CJ in Eq Decision: See [199] of the judgment. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — Pleadings — Amendment – leave sought to amend statement of claim – whether amendments were for "tidying up" or "special circumstances" existed to allow the amendments

CIVIL PROCEDURE – Subpoenas – order for access to documents produced under subpoena – whether the subpoena identified with reasonable particularity the documents sought – whether the subpoena amounted to a fishing expedition or substitute for discovery Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56-58, 64, Div 1 of Pt 6 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 180, 182, 208 Cases Cited: Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175; [2009] HCA 27 Associated Dominions Assurance Society Pty Ltd v John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (1952) 72 WN (NSW) 250 Banque Commerciale SA En Liquidation v Akhil Holdings Limited (1990) 169 CLR 279; [1990] HCA 11 Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244 Broadway Plaza Investments Pty Ltd v Broadway Plaza Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 410 Dane v Pulhaim (1982) 148 CLR 658; [1982] HCA 70 Gujarat NRE India Pty Ltd v Wollongong Coal Ltd [2018] NSWSC 1459 In the matter of Colorado Products Pty Ltd (in prov liq) [2014] NSWSC 789 In the matter of One.Tel Ltd (in liq) - SingTel Optus Pty Ltd v Weston [2010] NSWSC 1491 Ingot Capital Investments Pty Limited v Macquarie Equity Capital Markets Limited (No 6) [2007] NSWSC 124 Ingot Capital Investments Pty Ltd v Macquarie Equity Capital Markets Ltd [2008] NSWCA 206 Resource Equities v Carr; Resource Equities v Garrett [2009] NSWSC 1385 Rinehart v Rinehart [2018] NSWSC 1102 Suzhou Haishun Investment Management Co Ltd v Yue'e Zhao (Ruling No 2) [2018] VSC 144 Vines v Australian Securities and Investment Commission (2007) NSWLR 451; [2007] NSWCA 75 Wollongong Coal Limited v Gujarat NRE Properties Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 187 Wollongong Coal Ltd v Gujarat NRE India Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 135 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Wollongong Coal Ltd (Plaintiff) Gujarat NRE Properties Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Arun Jagatramka (Second Defendant) Mona Jagatramka (Third Defendant) Gujarat NRE India Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: C Withers with N Riordan (Plaintiff) D Pritchard SC with A Macauley (Second to Fourth Defendants)