Australian Mud Company Pty Ltd v Coretell Pty Ltd (No 5) [2013] FCA 663

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Australian Mud Company Pty Ltd v Coretell Pty Ltd (No 5) [2013] FCA 663 Citation: Australian Mud Company Pty Ltd v Coretell Pty Ltd (No 5) [2013] FCA 663

Parties: AUSTRALIAN MUD COMPANY PTY LTD (ACN 009 283 416), IMDEX LIMITED (ACN 008 947 813) and REFLEX INSTRUMENTS ASIA PACIFIC PTY LTD (ACN 124 204 191) v CORETELL PTY LTD (ACN 119 188 493) and MINCREST HOLDINGS PTY LTD (TRADING AS CAMTEQ INSTRUMENT SERVICES) (ACN 068 672 471)

File number: WAD 132 of 2007

Judge: BARKER J

Date of judgment: 4 July 2013

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – interlocutory applications for discovery – whether orders appropriate – whether making of orders will facilitate just resolution of proceeding as quickly, inexpensively and efficiently as possible

Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 37M Federal Court Rules 1979 (Cth) O 15 r 2(4) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) R 20.11, R 20.14, R 20.14(1), R 20.14(2), R 20.15, R 20.20(1), R 20.21

Cases cited: Alanco Australia Pty Ltd v Higgins (No 2) [2011] FCA 1063 Australian Mud Company Pty Ltd v Coretell Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 1169; (2010) 88 IPR 270 Australian Mud Company Pty Ltd v Coretell Pty Ltd [2011] FCAFC 121; (2011) 93 IPR 188 Australian Mud Company Pty Ltd v Coretell Pty Ltd (No 3) [2012] FCA 778 Coca-Cola Company v Pepsico Inc [2011] FCA 1069 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v BHP Coal Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] FCA 1396; (2011) 212 IR 313 Dennis v Chambers Investment Planners Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 63; (2012) 201 FCR 321 Independent Cement & Lime Pty Ltd v Australian Cement Ltd (unreported, Federal Court of Australia, Gray J, 27 October 1988) Kautto v La Trobe Capital & Mortgage Corp Ltd [2011] WASC 157 The Compagnie Financier et Commercial du Pacifique v The Peruvian Guano Company (1882) 52 LJQB 181