Robinson and Shelter (No 3)

In the matter of *Robinson and Shelter (No 3)*, Young J of the Supreme Court of New South Wales considered applications brought by the parties in ongoing proceedings. The specific dispute before the Court involved the wife's solicitors seeking leave to inspect and copy documents produced by ANZ Bank pursuant to a subpoena, and the management of further issues arising from that production.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether to grant the wife's solicitors leave to inspect and copy documents obtained from ANZ Bank via subpoena, and how to manage any subsequent matters arising from this inspection. The Court also addressed the transcription and dissemination of its extempore reasons for judgment, the service of the Court's order on the husband and his immigration lawyers, and the formalisation of a letter from the husband's immigration lawyers as an exhibit.

Young J ordered that all extant applications be adjourned for case management and mention before him on 8 June 2010. The Court directed that its extempore reasons for judgment be transcribed and placed on the court file for the parties. Furthermore, the wife's solicitors were ordered to serve a sealed copy of the order on the husband and his immigration lawyers, and a letter from those lawyers dated 31 May 2010 was to be marked as an exhibit and retained on the court file, with a copy to be forwarded to the husband's solicitors. Crucially, the wife's solicitors were granted leave to inspect and copy documents produced by ANZ Bank pursuant to a subpoena, with any further issues arising from this inspection to be mentioned before the Court on the adjourned hearing date.