Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Power Infrastructure Pty Limited v Downer EDI Engineering Power Pty Limited (No. 5) [2012] FCA 233 Citation: Power Infrastructure Pty Limited v Downer EDI Engineering Power Pty Limited (No. 5) [2012] FCA 233
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: 15 March 2012
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – discovery – confidential information – commercially sensitive documents – whether lawyers should be required to provide express undertakings before inspecting documents – whether implied undertaking of lawyers not to use documents for collateral or ulterior purposes sufficient.
Cases cited: Conor Medsystems, Inc v The University of British Columbia (No 4) [2007] FCA 324 Harman v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1983] AC 280 Hearne v Street (2008) 235 CLR 125 Kirby v Centro Properties Ltd [2009] FCA 695 Power Infrastructure Pty Limited v Downer EDI Engineering Power Pty Limited (No. 4) [2012] FCA 143
Date of hearing: Determined on the papers
Date of last submissions: 14 March 2012
Place: Sydney
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 11
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr R Parsons
Solicitor for the Applicant: CLS Legal
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