Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Schutz DSL (Australia) Pty Ltd v VIP Plastic Packaging Pty Ltd (No 15) [2012] FCA 781 Citation: Schutz DSL (Australia) Pty Ltd v VIP Plastic Packaging Pty Ltd (No 15) [2012] FCA 781
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: 24 July 2012
Catchwords: DISCOVERY – application for further discovery pursuant to r 20.15 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – application of principles governing further discovery – whether burden of compiling commercially sensitive sales 'summaries' including customer details outweighs benefit – whether further discovery is necessary to establish liability and provide further and better particulars – whether further discovery application is a 'fishing expedition'
Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 r 20.15
Cases cited: Schutz DSL (Australia) Pty Ltd v VIP Plastic Packaging Pty Ltd (2009) 82 IPR 477 Schutz DSL (Australia) Pty Ltd (ACN 009 069 907) v VIP Plastic Packaging Pty Ltd (ACN 095 313 705) (No 4) [2009] FCA 1541 Schutz DSL (Australia) Pty Ltd v VIP Plastic Packaging Pty Ltd (No 14) [2011] FCA 1159
Date of hearing: 6 June 2012
Place: Perth
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