RP Data Limited (ACN 087 759 171) v Western Australian Land Information Authority (ABN 86 574 793 858) [2010] FCA 922

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

RP Data Limited (ACN 087 759 171) v Western Australian Land Information Authority (ABN 86 574 793 858) [2010] FCA 922 Citation: RP Data Limited (ACN 087 759 171) v Western Australian Land Information Authority (ABN 86 574 793 858) [2010] FCA 922

Parties: RP DATA LIMITED (ACN 087 759 171) v WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LAND INFORMATION AUTHORITY (ABN 86 574 793 858)

File number: QUD 169 of 2009

Judge: BARKER J

Date of judgment: 26 August 2010

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – discovery – public interest immunity

Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 130 Land Information Authority Act 2006 (WA) Federal Court Rules

Cases cited: Air Canada v Secretary of State for Trade [1983] 2 AC 394 Betfair Pty Ltd v Racing New South Wales (No 7) [2009] FCA 1140; (2009) 181 FCR 66 Commonwealth v Northern Land Council (1991) 30 FCR 1 Commonwealth v Northern Land Council (1993) 176 CLR 604 Conway v Rimmer [1968] AC 910 D v National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children [1978] AC 171 Jacobsen v Rogers (1994) 182 CLR 572 North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service Inc v Bradley [2001] FCA 1080 Queanbeyan City Council v ACTEW Corporation Ltd [2008] FCA 1983; (2008) 253 ALR 121 R v Young [1999] NSWCCA 166; (1999) 46 NSWLR 681 Royal Women's Hospital v Medical Practitioners Board (Vic) [2006] VSCA 85; (2006) 15 VR 22 Sankey v Whitlam [1978] HCA 43; (1978) 142 CLR 1 The Australian Statistician v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd [2008] WASCA 34; (2008) 36 WAR 83 Hogg, Liability of the Crown (1971) Hogg & Monaghan, Liability of the Crown (3rd Ed, 2000) Hotop, Principles of Administrative Law (6th Ed, 1985) Date of hearing: 20 August 2010