Application for disclosure of documents before pleadings

A decision relating to an application by a plaintiff for early discovery of documents before pleading a Statement of Claim. Held not in the interests of justice in this case but there is power for the Supreme Court to so order under Rule 136.

Idameneo (No 123) Pty Ltd v Candetti Constructions Pty Ltd [2010] SASC 213

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