Fig Tree Developments Ltd v Australian Property Custodian Holdings Ltd [2008] FCA 1041

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Fig Tree Developments Ltd v Australian Property Custodian Holdings Ltd [2008] FCA 1041 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - discovery - whether further discovery should be required – whether grounds for a belief that documentation exists - whether legal professional privilege waived by limited disclosure – whether confidentiality orders made by consent should be varied – whether blanket claims for privilege have been made - whether parts of discovered documents may be masked for confidentiality Federal Court Rules O 15 r 2, O 15 r 6, O 15 r 8 Brookfield v Yevad Products Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 1376 cited Chanel Ltd v F.W. Woolworth and Co Ltd (1981) 1 WLR 485 cited Fylas Pty Ltd and Vynal Pty Ltd (1992) 2 Qd R 593 cited Gray and Associated Book Publishers (Aust) Pty Limited [2002] FCA 1045 cited Interchase Corporation Ltd in Liquidation v Grosvenor Hill Qld (Pty Ltd) No 2 (1999) 1 Qd R 163 cited Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v Sanpine Pty Limited (2007) 241 ALR 88 cited Kyocera Mita Australia Pty Ltd v Mitronics Corporation Pty Ltd [2005] FCA 242 cited Mann v Carnell (1999) 201 CLR 1 cited Menkens v Wintour [2007] 2 Qd R 40 cited FIG TREE DEVELOPMENTS LTD (ABN 47 081 797 033) v AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN HOLDINGS LTD AS RESPONSIBLE ENTITY FOR THE PRIME RETIREMENT AND AGED CARE PROPERTY TRUST (ABN 74 095 474 436)

QUD338 of 2007

LOGAN J

27 JUNE 2008

BRISBANE

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY QUD338 of 2007

BETWEEN: FIG TREE DEVELOPMENTS LTD (ABN 47 081 797 033)

Applicant/Cross-Respondent

AND: AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN HOLDINGS LTD AS RESPONSIBLE ENTITY FOR THE PRIME RETIREMENT AND AGED CARE PROPERTY TRUST (ABN 74 095 474 436)

Respondent/Cross-Claimant

JUDGE: LOGAN J DATE OF ORDER: 27 JUNE 2008