Optiver Australia Pty Ltd v Tibra Trading Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1560

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Optiver Australia Pty Ltd v Tibra Trading Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1560 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – preliminary discovery – O 15A r 6 of the Federal Court Rules 1979 (Cth) – admissibility of evidence not complying with strict rules of evidence – character of preliminary discovery – applicant's reasonable cause to believe – application for preliminary discovery is interlocutory – application ancillary to underlying federal 'matter' – discretion to waive rules of evidence – undue expense and delay. WORDS AND PHRASES – "reasonable cause to believe"

Federal Court Rules 1979 (Cth) O 15A r 3, O 15A r 6 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) ss 75, 190(3)(b)

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