C7 Pty Ltd v Foxtel Management Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 1189

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

C7 Pty Ltd v Foxtel Management Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 1189 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – discovery and interrogatories – preliminary discovery – to whom confidential business documents should be disclosed – balancing of interests Federal Court Rules O 15A Warner-Lambert Co v Glaxo Laboratories Ltd [1975] RPC 354 cited Mobil Oil Australia Ltd v Guina Developments Pty Ltd [1996] 2 VR 34 referred to McKay Sugar Cooperative Association Ltd v CSR Ltd (1996) 63 FCR 408 referred to Hadid v Lenfest Communications Inc (1996) 70 FCR 403 referred to Idoport v National Australia Bank [1999] NSWSC 686 referred to Telstra Corporation v Australis Media Holdings (unreported, Supreme Court of NSW, McLelland CJ in Eq, BC9606185, 6 Dec 1996) referred to Macquarie Generation v Coal & Allied Industries Ltd [2001] FCA 1349 referred to Smithkline Beecham plc v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 261 referred to Smithkline Beecham plc v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 189 referred to C7 PTY LIMITED v FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LIMITED, SPORTS INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED, NEWS LIMITED, SKY CABLE PTY LIMITED, TELSTRA MEDIA PTY LIMITED, TELSTRA MULTIMEDIA PTY LIMITED, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED, PUBLISHING AND BROADCASTING LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE LIMITED N1077 OF 2002 GYLES J SYDNEY 25 SEPTEMBER 2002

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N1077 OF 2002

BETWEEN: C7 PTY LIMITED

FIRST APPLICANT

SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED

SECOND APPLICANT

AND: FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LIMITED

FIRST RESPONDENT

SPORTS INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED