Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Schutz DSL (Australia) Pty Ltd v VIP Plastic Packaging Pty Ltd (No 14) [2011] FCA 1159 Citation: Schutz DSL (Australia) Pty Ltd v VIP Plastic Packaging Pty Ltd (No 14) [2011] FCA 1159
Parties: SCHUTZ DSL (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD (ACN 009 069 907), SCHUTZ GMBH & CO KGAA and PROTECHNA S.A. v VIP PLASTIC PACKAGING PTY LTD (ACN 095 313 705) and VIP STEEL PACKAGING PTY LTD (ACN 095 314 195)
File number: WAD 136 of 2009
Judge: MCKERRACHER J
Date of judgment: 11 October 2011
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – discovery – application for further discovery – principles governing discovery – whether burden of discovery outweighs benefit – whether sufficient evidence to support further discovery – whether application is a 'fishing expedition' – whether proper discovery has been provided when material is redacted when no provision was made for it by consent or by leave of the Court
Cases cited: Austal Ships Pty Ltd v Incat Australia Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 368 Betts Group Pty Ltd v Paul's Retail Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1983 Compagnie Financiere et Commerciale du Pacifique v Peruvian Guano Company (1882) 52 LJQB 181 Schutz DSL (Australia) Pty Ltd v VIP Plastic Packaging Pty Ltd (No 10) [2011] FCA 1107 Wellcome Foundation Ltd v VR Laboratories (Aust) Pty Ltd (1980) 142 FLR 266 Wellcome Foundation Ltd v VR Laboratories (Aust) Pty Ltd (1981) 148 CLR 262
Date of hearing: 20 June 2011
Place: Perth
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
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