Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
United Salvage Pty Ltd v Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SAS [2005] FCA 1549
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – subpoena to produce documents – application to set aside subpoena – whether documents sought are relevant to an issue in the proceedings –whether documents sought are reasonably necessary for a legitimate purpose of the litigation – witness will only be precluded from seeing commercially confidential documents in exceptional circumstances
Warner-Lambert Co v Glaxo Laboratories Ltd [1975] RPC 354 cited Wimmera Industrial Minerals Pty Ltd v RGC Mineral Sands Ltd (1996) 34 IPR 350 cited SmithKline Beecham (Australia) Pty Ltd v Chipman (2003) 131 FCR 500 cited Hotrox Charcoal Co v Gebauer Nominees Pty Ltd [2002] WASCA 293 distinguished Mobil Oil Australia Ltd & McDonalds Australia Ltd v Guina Developments Pty Ltd [1996] 2 VR 34 distinguished
W R Kennedy, Law of Salvage (5th ed, 1985) UNITED SALVAGE PTY LTD, GLADSTONE TUG SERVICES PTY LTD & QUEENSLAND TUG AND SALVAGE CO PTY LIMITED v LOUIS DREYFUS ARMATEURS SNC, LOUIS DREYFUS ARMATEURS SAS, SOCIETE ANONYME LOUIS DREYFUS ET COMPAGNIE & OTRAMARE SHIPPING CO S A NSD 246 OF 2002 TAMBERLIN J SYDNEY 2 NOVEMBER 2005
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NSD 246 OF 2002
IN ADMIRALTY
BETWEEN: UNITED SALVAGE PTY LTD
FIRST PLAINTIFF
GLADSTONE TUG SERVICES PTY LTD
SECOND PLAINTIFF
QUEENSLAND TUG AND SALVAGE CO PTY LIMITED THIRD PLAINTIFF
AND: LOUIS DREYFUS ARMATEURS SNC
FIRST DEFENDANT
LOUIS DREYFUS ARMATEURS SAS
SECOND DEFENDANT
SOCIETE ANONYME LOUIS DREYFUS ET COMPAGNIE THIRD DEFENDANT
OLTRAMARE SHIPPING CO S A
FOURTH DEFENDANT
JUDGE: TAMBERLIN J
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