O'Connor v O'Connor

[2018] NSWCA 214

NSW Court of Appeal

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Interrogate

Catchwords

1. Civil Procedure
2. › Preliminary discovery
3. › Discovery from prospective defendant
4. › Threshold test under UCPR r 5.3(1)
5. › Whether determination involves assessment of merits of potential claim
6. › Whether applicant must establish prima facie case
7. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 5.3(1)
1. Civil Procedure
2. › Preliminary discovery
3. › Scope of discoverable documents
4. › Whether discovery extends to documents relevant only to quantum
5. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 5.3(1)
1. Appeal
2. › Discretionary decisions
3. › Standard of appellate review
4. › House v The King error
5. › Whether primary judge applied wrong test and determined merits at interlocutory stage
1. Equity
2. › Fiduciary duties
3. › Director's duty to shareholders
4. › Whether director of proprietary company owes fiduciary duty to minority shareholders
5. › Whether 'special facts' required to establish duty

Quick Take

Documents discoverable under UCPR r 5.3(1) extend to those relevant only to quantum of a potential claim, and the threshold test requires only that it 'appears to the court' that a cause of action 'may' exist — a lower standard than the Federal Court's 'reasonable cause to believe' test.