Agnello v Heritage Care Pty Ltd (No 2)
Supreme Court of Victoria
Keogh J
10/11/2023
[2023] VSC 653
Practice and procedure — Group proceedings — Discovery — Discovery sought of defendants’ insurance policies — Claims regarding deaths of aged care facility residents — Plaintiffs sought discovery to assess defendants’ capacity to pay any settlement or judgment obtained — Policies not relevant to fact in issue — Whether power to order discovery of documents not relevant to a fact in issue — Whether Court should order discovery — Civil Procedure Act 2010 (Vic), s 55 — Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015 (Vic), r 29.08
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