Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd v Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Ltd

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIAFRENCH CJ,KIEFEL, BELL, GAGELER AND KEANE JJEXPENSE REDUCTION ANALYSTS GROUP PTY LTD & ORS  APPELLANTSANDARMSTRONG STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING PTY LIMITED & ORS  RESPONDENTSExpense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd v Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Limited [2013] HCA 466 November 2013S118/2013ORDER1.Appeal allowed.2.Application for special leave to cross-appeal dismissed.3.Set aside orders 4 to 10 of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales made on 18 December 2012 and, in their place, order that:(a)      the appeal to that Court be dismissed; and(b)the respondents pay the appellants' costs of the appeal to that Court.4.Set aside order 3 of the Supreme Court of New South Wales made on 4 May 2012 and, in its place, order that the respondents pay the appellants' costs of the Amended Notice of Motion dated 24 February 2012.5.The respondents pay the appellants' costs of this appeal and the respondents' application for special leave to cross-appeal. 6.With respect to the documents numbered 9, 10, 11 and 19 in Exhibit A Confidential in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, within seven days of the making of this order, the respondents must:(a)deliver up all hard copies of the four documents in their possession, custody or power to the solicitors for the appellants;(b)return any computer disk containing copies of the four documents in their possession, custody or power to the solicitors for the appellants;(c)delete all electronic copies of the four documents; and(d)provide written confirmation of compliance with this order to the solicitors for...