Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA Power Infrastructure Pty Limited v Downer EDI Engineering Power Pty Limited (No. 4) [2012] FCA 143 Citation: Power Infrastructure Pty Limited v Downer EDI Engineering Power Pty Limited (No. 4) [2012] FCA 143
Parties: POWER INFRASTRUCTURE PTY LIMITED (ACN 126 099 643) v DOWNER EDI ENGINEERING POWER PTY LIMITED (ACN 000 983 700); DOWNER EDI ENGINEERING POWER PTY LIMITED (ACN 000 983 700); POWER INFRASTRUCTURE PTY LIMITED (ACN 126 099 643) and JASON POWER
File number: NSD 692 of 2010
Judge: KATZMANN J
Date of judgment: 28 February 2012
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Discovery – discovery by categories – application for discovery of particular categories – principles governing discovery – standard discovery –whether documents directly relevant to prove or disprove a pleaded issue – Federal Court of Australia Practice Note CM 5 – Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – r 20.14
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 37M Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 1.04; 20.11, 20.12, 20.14
Cases cited: Compagnie Financiere et Commerciale du Pacifique v Peruvian Guano Co (1882) 11 QBD 55 Scott v Johnson [2010] SASC 277
Australian Law Reform Commission, Managing Justice: A Review of the Federal Civil Justice System, Report No 89 (2000) Australian Law Reform Commission, Managing Discovery: Discovery of Documents in Federal Courts, Report No 115 (2011)
Date of hearing: 26 October and 9 December 2011
Place: Brisbane (via video link to Sydney) (heard in Sydney)
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