Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Websyte Corporation Pty Ltd v Alexander (No 2) [2012] FCA 562 Citation: Websyte Corporation Pty Ltd v Alexander (No 2) [2012] FCA 562
Parties: WEBSYTE CORPORATION PTY LTD (ACN 097 870 936) v LACHLAN ALEXANDER and SHANE MCGRATH
File number: VID 207 of 2011
Judge: DODDS-STREETON J
Date of judgment: 30 May 2012
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Stay of proceedings – whether civil proceeding should be stayed pending determination of criminal proceeding relating to the same subject matter – whether real risk of prejudice – application and ambit of McMahon v Gould guidelines – previous breach of undertaking by respondent to stay application, who provided statement of claim to police – risk of further disclosures – applicants for stay impecunious – burden of concurrent civil and criminal proceedings
Legislation: Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), s 132AJ Evidence Act 1995 (Cth), ss 128 128A Crimes Act 1958 (Vic), ss 247G, 321
Cases cited: De Simone v Bevnol Constructions and Developments Pty Ltd [2010] VSCA 231 considered Hearne v Street (2008) 235 CLR 125 cited McMahon v Gould (1982) 7 ACLR 202 applied Naidu v The Queen [2011] VSCA 14 considered Re AWB Ltd (No 1) (2008) 21 VR 252 considered Reid v Howard (1995) 184 CLR 1 approved Rochfort v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1972] 1 NSWLR 16 considered Rural Export Trading (WA) Pty Ltd v Hahnheuser [2004] FCA 1053 considered Websyte Corporation v Alexander [2012] FCA 69 cited
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