Otter Gold Mines Ltd v Deputy President G L McDonald of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal & Ors [1997] FCA 694

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - Administrative Appeals Tribunal - Documents produced to Tribunal pursuant to summons procured by party - Determination of proceeding before Tribunal - Appeal to Federal Court - While appeal pending party applies to Tribunal for leave to use documents in another proceeding - Tribunal declines to deal with application on ground that appeal pending and documents transmitted to Court - Application to Federal Court to review decision - Whether decision of administrative character - Implied undertaking of party procuring production of documents to Court not to use for another purpose - Whether applies to documents produced to Tribunal on summons - Whether Tribunal has power to release party from undertaking. Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, ss3(2)(b), 7(1), 40(1A)(c), 61(1), 63(d) Harman v Home Office [1983] 1 AC 280 Pancontinental Mining Ltd v Burns (1994) 124 ALR 471 Kimberley Mineral Holdings Ltd v McEwan [1980] 1 NSWLR 210 Riddick v Thames Board Mills [1977] QB 881 Holpitt Pty Ltd v Varimu Pty Ltd (1991) 103 ALR 684 Sweetman v Australian Thoroughbred Finance Pty Ltd (unreported, 23 July 1992) Lake Cumbeline Pty Ltd v Effem Foods Pty Ltd (unreported, 28 August 1996) Complete Technology Pty Ltd v Toshiba (Aust) Pty Ltd (1994) 124 ALR 493 Esso Australia Resources Ltd v Plowman (1995) 183 CLR 10 Halcon International Inc v Shell Transport and Trading Co [1979] RPC 97 Tassilo Bonzel & Schneider (Europe) AG v Intervention Ltd [1991] RPC 43 Re Environmental Images Pty Ltd (1996) 23 AAR 439 Parsons v Martin (1984) 5 FCR 235 Jackson v Sterling Industries Ltd (1987) 162 CLR 612 Springfield Nominees Pty Ltd v Bridgelands Securities Ltd (1992) 110 ALR 685 OTTER GOLD MINES LIMITED v DEPUTY PRESIDENT G L McDONALD OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL, VICTORIAN DISTRICT REGISTRY and AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES COMMISSION and BEACONSFIELD GOLD N L and BURDEKIN RESOURCES N L VG 160 of 1997 SUNDBERG J MELBOURNE 30 JULY 1997