Hogan, P. & Anor v Koala Dundee Pty Ltd & Anor [1988] FCA 481

JUDGMENT No..4:21.4.83__

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ) QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY ) NSW G749 of 1987 GENERAL DIVISION )

BETWEEN: PAUL HOGAN

First Applicant AND: RIMFIRE FILMS LIMITED

Second Applicant

AND: KOALA DUNDEE PTY LIMITED

First Respondent

AND: ANTHONY ROBERT REEVES and JOSEPH ANTHONY JOHN PIOVESAN

Second Respondents

MINUTES OF ORDER

JUDGE MAKING ORDER: PINCUS J. DATE OF ORDER: 10 AUGUST 1988 WHERE MADE: BRISBANE

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

l. further and better answers to interrogatories, numbers 5, 6, 20, 21, 29{e), 29(£), 32, 33, 34, 35, 4i(e), 50 as to the first respondent, 51, 52 as to the first respondent, and 53, be delivered on or before 9.30 a.m. on Monday, 15 August 1988;

2. costs of today be reserved.

NOTE: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY GENERAL DIVISION

NSW G749 of 1987

BETWEEN: PAUL HOGAN

First Applicant

AND: RIMFIRE FILMS LIMITED

Second Applicant

AND: KOALA DUNDEE PTY LIMITED

First Respondent

AND: ANTHONY ROBERT REEVES and JOSEPH ANTHONY JOHN PIOVESAN

Second Respondents

PINCUS J. 10 AUGUST 1988

EX TEMPORE REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

In this matter, the reasons must necessarily be brief. The interrogatories asked are multitudinous, and I have to give my reasons in a summary form. I will, however, preface them by making a few remarks about the rules. The provisons of 0.16 r.8

of the Federal Court Rules, as I understand them, give the Court a

discretion to require any further answers to interrogatories that have been insufficiently answered, but do not oblige the Court to