Telstra Corporation Limited v Phone Directories Company Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 969

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Telstra Corporation Limited v Phone Directories Company Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 969

SUBPOENAS – leave to issue – potential relevance to present proceedings – whether oppressively wide, vague, or an abuse of process where documents already identified in prior correspondence – leave granted

Federal Court Rules O 27 and O 27 r 2 Calder v Commissioner of Taxation [2004] FCA 1770 cited Commissioner for Railways v Small (1938) SR (NSW) 564 cited Dunstan v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission [2004] FCA 1137 cited Hughes v Western Australian Cricket Association (Inc) (1986) 66 ALR 541 cited NSW Commissioner of Police v Tuxford [2002] NSWCA 139 cited P Dawson Nominees Pty Ltd v Multiplex Pty Ltd (2007) 64 ACSR 53 followed TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED (ACN 051 775 556) and SENSIS PTY LTD (ACN 007 423 913) v PHONE DIRECTORIES COMPANY PTY LTD (ACN 059 776 091), AUSTRALIAN LOCAL DIRECTORIES PTY LTD (ACN 078 856 318), ADAM HARGRAVES, GLENN HARGRAVES and DANIEL STOTEN

VID 276 of 2007

GORDON J

26 JUNE 2008

MELBOURNE

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VID 276 of 2007

BETWEEN: TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED (ACN 051 775 556)

First Applicant

SENSIS PTY LTD (ACN 007 423 913)

Second Applicant

AND: PHONE DIRECTORIES COMPANY PTY LTD (ACN 059 776 091)

First Respondent

AUSTRALIAN LOCAL DIRECTORIES PTY LTD (ACN 078 856 318)

Second Respondent

ADAM HARGRAVES

Third Respondent

GLENN HARGRAVES

Fourth Respondent

DANIEL STOTEN

Fifth Respondent

JUDGE: GORDON J DATE OF ORDER: 26 JUNE 2008

WHERE MADE: MELBOURNE

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. Leave is granted to the Applicants to issue the subpoena directed to the Australian Crime Commission in the form of Exhibit "NJH-2" to the affidavit of Natalie Hickey sworn 11 June 2008. 2. Costs reserved.