Stanizzo v Badarne [2019] NSWSC 74

Stanizzo v Badarne [2019] NSWSC 74

The police subpoena sought material concerning Mr Stanizzo's unrelated criminal history and apprehended violence order matters, and in the absence of any tendency or coincidence notice the material had no relevance to whether Mr Badarne maliciously prosecuted him; that subpoena should be set aside. The Department of Home Affairs records concerning Mr Badarne and his wife had no presently demonstrated connection to the issues, so access should not be given at that stage, although the subpoena would not yet be set aside in case a firmer foundation emerged. The University of Wollongong records were not presently shown to have an identified or legitimate forensic purpose because their...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
20 February 2019
Procedural Posture
Claim for Damages for Malicious Prosecution / Procedural Ruling on Objections to Subpoenas Issued to Third Parties
Outcome
The subpoena to the Commissioner of New South Wales Police was to be set aside. Mr Stanizzo was not to be given access at this stage to the contested Department of Home Affairs documents, but that subpoena was not set aside. The Court was not presently satisfied that the University of Wollongong subpoena had a...
Legal Topics
['subpoenas' 'legitimate Forensic Purpose' 'malicious Prosecution' 'relevance' 'access to Produced Documents']
['civil Procedure' 'tort Law'] ['subpoenas' 'legitimate Forensic Purpose' 'malicious Prosecution' 'relevance' 'access to Produced Documents']

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Procedural Posture

Claim for Damages for Malicious Prosecution / Procedural Ruling on Objections to Subpoenas Issued to Third Parties

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the subpoena issued by Mr Badarne to the Commissioner of New South Wales Police had a legitimate forensic purpose.' 'Whether the subpoena issued by Mr Stanizzo to the Department of Home Affairs had a legitimate forensic purpose and whether Mr Stanizzo should have access to the documents sought.' 'Whether the subpoena issued by Mr Stanizzo to the University of Wollongong had an identified or legitimate forensic purpose.']

Ratio Decidendi

The police subpoena sought material concerning Mr Stanizzo's unrelated criminal history and apprehended violence order matters, and in the absence of any tendency or coincidence notice the material had no relevance to whether Mr Badarne maliciously prosecuted him; that subpoena should be set aside. The Department of Home Affairs records concerning Mr Badarne and his wife had no presently demonstrated connection to the issues, so access should not be given at that stage, although the subpoena would not yet be set aside in case a firmer foundation emerged. The University of Wollongong records were not presently shown to have an identified or legitimate forensic purpose because their...

Court Disposition

The subpoena to the Commissioner of New South Wales Police was to be set aside. Mr Stanizzo was not to be given access at this stage to the contested Department of Home Affairs documents, but that subpoena was not set aside. The Court was not presently satisfied that the University of Wollongong subpoena had a...

Orders

  • ['The subpoena issued by Mr Badarne to the Commissioner of New South Wales Police should be set aside.' 'Mr Stanizzo should not be given access at this stage to the contested documents sought from the Department of Home Affairs.' 'The Department of Home Affairs subpoena was not set aside at this stage.' 'The...