Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2006] FCAFC 116

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2006] FCAFC 116 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – service of originating process – service outside the jurisdiction – application for leave to serve outside the jurisdiction – whether considerations concerning Australia's international relations relevant to grant of leave to serve out – Federal Court Rules 1979 (Cth) O 8 r 2 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – injunction – application for leave to serve outside the jurisdiction where final injunctive relief sought – statutory public interest injunction – relevance of potential unenforceability of injunctive relief – futility Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) ss 3(1), 5(4), 225, 236, 475, 478 Federal Court Rules 1979 (Cth) O 8 r 2 ACCC v 4WD Systems Pty Ltd (2003) 200 ALR 491 cited ACCC v Chen (2003) 132 FCR 309 discussed Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552 applied Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2005] FCA 664 reversed Hospital for Sick Children (Board of Governors) v Walt Disney Productions Inc [1968] Ch 52 cited Hughes v Western Australian Cricket Association (Inc) and Ors (1986) ATPR 40-748 cited ICI Australia Operations Pty Ltd v TPC (1992) 38 FCR 248 considered Japan Whaling Association v American Cetacean Society (1986) 478 US 221 considered Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Company Inc v Fay (1988) 165 CLR 197 cited R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate; Ex parte Pinochet Ugarte [2000] 1 AC 61 cited HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL INC v KYODO SENPAKU KAISHA LTD NSD 995 of 2005 BLACK CJ, MOORE and FINKELSTEIN JJ 14 JULY 2006 SYDNEY IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NSD 995 of 2005

On appeal from the Federal Court of Australia constituted by a single judge