Chandrasekaran v Western Sydney Local Area Health District [2019] NSWSC 1461

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Chandrasekaran v Western Sydney Local Area Health District [2019] NSWSC 1461 Hearing dates: 9 October 2019 Date of orders: 09 October 2019 Decision date: 09 October 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Ierace J Decision: 1. Leave granted to the State of New South Wales to access and disclose all of the pleadings on the Court file filed by or on behalf of Sujatha Chandrasekaran, exclusively for the purpose of use in proceedings pending between the plaintiff and the State of New South Wales, and others, before the Federal Court of Australia in proceedings NSD 974 of 2019.

2. The parties are to pay their own costs of the application. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Court administration — Non-party access to court files – Exceptional circumstances established Cases Cited: Chandrasekaran v The Commonwealth of Australia [2019] FCA 1169 Chandrasekaran v Western Sydney Local Health District (No 7) [2019] NSWSC 567 eisa Limited v Damien Brady & 2 Ors [2000] NSWSC 929 McLachlan v Browne & Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; McLachlan v Browne & Australian Broadcasting Corporation (No 5) [2018] NSWSC 1976 Springfield Nominees Pty Ltd and Others v Bridgelands Securities Ltd and Others (1992) 38 FCR 217; [1992] FCA 472 Texts Cited: Practice Note SC Gen 2 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: State of New South Wales (Applicant) Sujatha Chandrasekaran (Plaintiff) Western Sydney Local Area Health District (First Defendant) Charterhouse Medical Pty Limited (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Stafford (Applicant) In person (Plaintiff)