Kabbabe v Google LLC [2020] FCA 126

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Kabbabe v Google LLC [2020] FCA 126 File number: VID 1331 of 2019

Judge: MURPHY J

Date of judgment: 12 February 2020

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to serve originating application seeking preliminary discovery outside Australia pursuant to Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 10.41 to 10.43 – whether the proceeding is of a kind mentioned in r 10.42 – whether the prospective applicant has a prima facie case for all or any of the relief claimed – service in accordance with the Hague Service Convention – whether service by post is permissible – leave granted to serve originating application outside Australia

Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 7.22, 10.41, 10.42, 10.43

Cases cited: Ahmed v Al-Hussain Pty Ltd t/as The Cheesecake Shop [2018] FCA 1741 AIA Australia Ltd v Richards [2017] FCA 84 Allphones Retail Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2009] FCA 980; (2009) 259 ALR 354 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Seven Network Ltd [2005] FCA 1851 Bell v Steele [2011] FCA 1390; (2011) 198 FCR 291 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd [2013] FCA 707; (2013) 96 ATR 44 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Power Assets Holdings Ltd (previously known as Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd) [2013] FCA 708; (2013) 96 ATR 51 Dow Jones & Co v Gutnick [2002] HCA 56; (2002) 210 CLR 575 Hooper v Kirella Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1584; (1999) 96 FCR 1 Water Splash Inc v Menon 581 U.S.___(2017) Practical Handbook on the Operation of the Hague Service Convention (Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, 2006))