Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Mathews v State of Queensland [2014] FCA 424 Citation: Mathews v State of Queensland [2014] FCA 424
Parties: RUSSELL GORDON HAIG MATHEWS v STATE OF QUEENSLAND and CLARK'S LOGAN CITY BUS SERVICE (QLD) PTY LTD
File number: QUD 839 of 2013
Judge: RANGIAH J
Date of judgment: 24 April 2014
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for further discovery from respondent – where applicant has not shown further documents to be relevant to proceeding – further discovery against respondent not granted PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for discovery against non-party – non-party opposes discovery of documents not directly relevant to proceedings – whether applicant should pay reasonable costs of non-party in making discovery PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – applicant filed 11 applications for non-party discovery – where applicant has not demonstrated the other 11 entities hold documents relevant to proceedings – non-party discovery applications not granted PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for order limiting the applicant's use of documents obtained by discovery to the proceedings – respondent did not demonstrate risk that applicant would breach the implied undertaking – respondent's application not granted
Legislation: Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) s 46PO(1), 46PO(3) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) Pt 20, rr 1.40, 20.11, 20.14, 20.15, 20.23, 20.25, 27.11
Cases cited: Dye v Commonwealth Securities Ltd (No 2) [2010] FCAFC 118 applied Grigor-Scott v Jones (2008) 168 FCR 450 applied Robinson v NSW Police Service [2011] FCA 1081 applied
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