Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Bioprospect Ltd v Solagran Ltd [2010] FCA 1081 Citation: Bioprospect Ltd v Solagran Ltd [2010] FCA 1081
Parties: BIOPROSPECT LTD ACN 008 130 336 v SOLAGRAN LTD ACN 002 592 396, VAGIF SOULTANOVICH SOULTANOV, DENIS BERTRAM KILROY, NOVA VITA PTY LTD ACN 109 436 508 and COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR SERVICES PTY LTD ACN 078 279 277
File number: WAD 234 of 2010
Judge: MCKERRACHER J
Date of judgment: 1 October 2010
Catchwords: TRADE PRACTICES - return of injunction - whether the injunction should be extended until trial - whether there is a serious question to be tried - where damages would be adequate compensation - where the balance of convenience does not favour an extension of the injunction Held: application dismissed PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application to amend application and statement of claim - amendments to be refined Held: application granted with conditions
Legislation: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 254Y, 259A, 563A, 608 Federal Court Act of Australia 1975 (Cth) s 23 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 52, 53(f), 75B, 82, 87 Federal Court Rules r 25A
Cases cited: Accounting Systems 2000 (Developments) Pty Ltd v CCH Australia Ltd (1993) 42 FCR 470 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill (2006) 227 CLR 57 Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia (1986) 161 CLR 148 Houldsworth v City of Glasgow Bank (1880) 5 App Cas 317 Kizbeau Pty Ltd v WG & B Pty Ltd (1995) 184 CLR 281 Makita (Aust) Pty Ltd v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 Marks v GIO Australia Holdings Ltd (1998) 196 CLR 494 Patterson v BTR Engineering (Aust) Ltd (1989) 18 NSWLR 319 Trevor v Whitworth (1887) LR 12 App Cas 409 Webb Distributors (Australia) Pty Ltd v Victoria (1993) 179 CLR 15
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