Clough Engineering Ltd v Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd [2007] FCA 881

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Clough Engineering Ltd v Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd [2007] FCA 881

INJUNCTION – interim interlocutory injunction – whether serious issues to be tried – whether applicant contractor may enjoin respondent principal from taking further steps to demand or obtain payment under performance guarantees issued by respondent banks – whether applicant contractor guilty of unconscionable conduct in contravention of Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 51AA. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – leave to serve proceeding in India – Federal Court Rules O 8 – whether proceeding of kind(s) mentioned in O 8 r 2 – whether prima facie case of contravention of s 51AA if the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) by calling on performance guarantees by respondent banks when no contractual entitlement to do so. Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), ss 2, 4(1), 51AA, 80(1), 82, 86(1), 87 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 39B(1A)(c)

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