P Dawson Nominees Pty Ltd v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (No 2) [2009] FCA 413

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

P Dawson Nominees Pty Ltd v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (No 2) [2009] FCA 413 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Subpoena to Produce – Public Interest Immunity Privilege claim – rejection of claim by trial judge – reversed on appeal – ex parte in camera hearing – duty of full disclosure – re‑hearing of interlocutory applications – abuse of process – relevant principles – Notice to Produce. Federal Court Rules: O 15 r 13, O 15 r 14, O 20 r 5, O 27 r 12(1), O 33 r 12, O 52 r 36 Federal Court Act 1976 (Cth): ss 17(4), 27, 50 Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth)

Haydon v Magistrates Court(2001) 87 SASR 448, cited D A Christie Pty Ltd v Baker [1996] 2 VR 582, considered Guss v Magistrates' Court of Victoria [1998] 2 VR 113, cited Nominal Defendant v Manning (2000) 50 NSWLR 139, considered Global Realty Development Corp (a Dellaware Company) v Dominion Wines Ltd (in liq) (2005) 225 ALR 361, cited CCOM Pty Ltd v Jiejing Pty Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 1, followed Trade Practices Commission v Abbco Iceworks Pty Ltd (1994) 52 FCR 96, followed Microsoft Corporation v CX Computer Pty Ltd (2002) 187 ALR 362, followed Commissioner for Railways v Small (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 564, followed National Employers' Mutual General Association Ltd v Waind [1978] 1 NSWLR 372, followed Bank of Nova Scotia v Hellenic Mutual War Risks Association (Bermuda) Ltd (The Good Luck) [1992] 1 AC 233, followed Network Ten Ltd v Capital Television Holdings Ltd (1995) 36 NSWLR 275, followed Ampolex Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Co (Canberra) Ltd (1995) 37 NSWLR 405, followed Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Australian Safeway Stores Pty Ltd (1998) 81 FCR 526, followed University of Western Australia v Gray (No 12) [2007] FCA 396, followed Hilton v Lord Granville (1841) 4 Beav 130; 49 ER 288, followed Hemphill v M'Kenna (1842) 3 Dr & War 183, followed Thomas A Edison Ltd v Bullock (1912) 15 CLR 679, followed Garrard (T/As Arthur Anderson & Co) v Email Furniture Pty Ltd (1993) 32 NSWLR 662, followed Lane v Channel 7 Adelaide Pty Ltd [2004] SASC 47, followed Walter Rau Neusser Oel Und Fett AG v Cross Pacific Trading Ltd [2005] FCA 955, followed Grant Matich & Co Pty Ltd v Toyo Menka Kaisha Ltd (1978) 3 ACLR 375, cited Adam P Brown Male Fashions Proprietary Limited v Phillip Morris Incorporated (1981) 148 CLR 170, followed National Parks and Wildlife Service v Pierson (2002) 55 NSWLR 315, followed Heydon JD, Cross on Evidence (7th Australian ed, 2004) Spry, The Principles of Equitable Remedies (7th ed, 2007) P DAWSON NOMINEES PTY LTD (ACN 004 743 408) and FREDERICK HENRY HART v AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION, BROOKFIELD MULTIPLEX LIMITED (ACN 008 687 063) and BROOKFIELD MULTIPLEX FUNDS MANAGEMENT LIMITED (ACN 105 371 917)