Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Wide Bay Conservation Council Inc v Burnett Water Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 1900
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – High Court and Federal Court Procedure – staying proceedings – application for stay of proceedings - where criminal or civil penalty proceedings against the respondent a contingency but not a real possibility – whether civil proceedings should be stayed temporarily – temporary stay refused Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s 4B Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) ss 142, 142A, 142B, 143, 144, 145, 475, 494, 495 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 80 Federal Court Rules Associations Incorporation Act 1981 (Qld) Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Flugge [2008] VSC 473 considered Australian Securities and Investments Commission v HLP Financial Planning (Aust) Pty Ltd (2007) 164 FCR 487 considered Black & White Cab Co Limited v Kelk [1984] 2 Qd R 484 considered. Environmental Protection Authority v Caltex Refining Co Pty Ltd (1992-1993) 178 CLR 477 cited Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd (2006) 154 FCR 425 cited Jefferson Ltd v Bhetca [1979] 1 WLR 898 considered McMahon v Gould (1982) 7 ACLR 202 considered Osric Investments v Probst [2007] QSC 293 cited Sterling Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd v The Boots Company (Australia) Pty Ltd (1992) 34 FCR 287 cited WIDE BAY CONSERVATION COUNCIL INC v BURNETT WATER PTY LTD; MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, HERITAGE AND THE ARTS
QUD319 of 2008
LOGAN J
12 DECEMBER 2008
BRISBANE
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY QUD319 of 2008
BETWEEN: WIDE BAY CONSERVATION COUNCIL INC
Applicant
AND: BURNETT WATER PTY LTD
Respondent
MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, HERITAGE AND THE ARTS
Intervener
JUDGE: LOGAN J
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