Telstra Corporation Limited v Phone Directories Company Pty Ltd (No 3) [2014] FCA 949

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Telstra Corporation Limited v Phone Directories Company Pty Ltd (No 3) [2014] FCA 949 Citation: Telstra Corporation Limited v Phone Directories Company Pty Ltd (No 3) [2014] FCA 949

Parties: TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED (ACN 051 775 556) and SENSIS PTY LTD (ACN 007 423 912) v PHONE DIRECTORIES COMPANY PTY LTD (ACN 059 776 091), AUSTRALIAN LOCAL DIRECTORIES PTY LTD (ACN 078 856 318), ADAM HARGRAVES, GLENN HARGRAVES, DANIEL STOTEN and LOCAL DIRECTORIES PTY LTD (ACN 130 550 971)

File number: VID 276 of 2007

Judge: MURPHY J

Date of judgment: 3 September 2014

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – civil procedure – whether mediation should be ordered prior to interlocutory steps and trial COSTS – whether reserved costs should follow the event - costs recoverable for partial success in gross sum costs application – wasted costs COSTS – application for gross sum costs order – whether gross sum costs order appropriate before determination of all substantive issues – whether interests of justice require costs to be assessed and payable forthwith

Legislation: Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)

Cases cited: Australian Mud Company Pty Ltd v Coretell Pty Ltd (No 4) [2013] FCA 567 Beach Petroleum NL and Another v Johnson and Others (No 2) (1995) 57 FCR 119 Brasington v Overton Investments Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 571 Courtney v Medtel Pty Ltd (No 3) [2004] FCA 347 Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd (No 2) [2007] FCAFC 172 Orrcon Operations Pty Ltd v Capital Steel and Pipe Pty Ltd (No 2) [2008] FCA 24 Playcorp Group of Companies Pty Ltd v Peter Bodum A/S (No 2) [2010] FCA 455 Rafferty and Others v Time 2000 West Pty Ltd (ACN 127 893 270) and Others (No 3) (2009) 257 ALR 503 Smoothpool & Anor v Pickering & Ors [2001] SASC 131 Spotwire Pty Ltd v Visa International Service Association (No 2) [2004] FCA 571 Telstra Corporation Limited v Phone Directories Company Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 568