Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Mentink v Minister for Justice [2015] FCA 1094 Citation: Mentink v Minister for Justice [2015] FCA 1094
Parties: WILFRED JAN REINIER MENTINK v MINISTER FOR JUSTICE
File number: QUD 573 of 2014
Judge: EDELMAN J
Date of judgment: 13 October 2015
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – discovery – whether documents not seen by the Minister are directly relevant to proceedings for review of a decision by the Minister – whether the Minister has power to obtain documents from the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity as non-parties – failure to afford the opportunity to those two non- parties who may have to produce the documents concerning whether the Minister has the power to obtain documents from them
Legislation: Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cth) ss 37, 37(2), 37(3), 60A Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 (Cth) ss 3, 3(2), 5, 6(3), 8(1), 153, 154, 154(1), 156, 156(2)(c), 161, 171, 207, 208, 211, 211(2)(a) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 20.11, 20.15, 20.14(1), 20.14(1)(a), 20.14(1)(c), 20.14(2), 20.14(4), 20.15, 20.21, 20.23, 20.32(1), 20.25
Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Prysmian Cavi E Sistemi Engeria S.R.L. (No 8) [2014] FCA 376 Bora v Avati [2009] NSWSC 921 Compagnie Financiere et Commerciale du Pacifique v Peruvian Guano Company (1882) 11 QBD 55 Humphries v SAS Signage Accessories Supplier Pty Ltd (No 2) [2009] FCA 1238 Lonrho Ltd v Shell Petroleum Co Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 627 News Ltd v Australian Rugby Football League Ltd [1996] FCA 870; (1996) 64 FCR 410 North Shore Ventures Limited v Anstead Holdings [2012] EWCA Civ 11 Pegang Mining Co Ltd v Choong Sam [1969] 2 MLJ 52 Psalidis v Norwich Union Life Insurance [2009] VSC 417; (2009) 29 VR 123 Richardson Pacific Ltd v Fielding [1990] FCA 257; (1990) 26 FCR 188 Sankey v Whitlam [1978] HCA 43; (1978) 142 CLR 1 Taylor v Owners - Strata Plan No 11564 [2014] HCA 9; (2014) 88 ALJR 473 Taylor v Santos Ltd (1998) 71 SASR 434
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