Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Friends of Leadbeater's Possum Inc v VicForests (No 6) [2020] FCA 1199 File number: VID 1228 of 2017
Judge: MORTIMER J
Date of judgment: 21 August 2020
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – contraventions of Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) – whether a public interest injunction should issue to prohibit forestry operations in coupes that have already been logged – whether mitigation orders in the form of mandatory injunctions should be made requiring VicForests to permanently set aside coupes from forestry operations COSTS – whether parties should bear their own costs of the separate question hearing where neither party's arguments were accepted – whether costs of the trial should be taxed or the subject of a lump sum costs order
Legislation: Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) ss 475, 479, 480 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 23
Cases cited: Attorney General v Punch Ltd [2002] UKHL 50; [2003] 1 AC 1046 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Pacific National Pty Ltd [2020] FCAFC 77 Booth v Bosworth [2001] FCA 1453; 114 FCR 39 Booth v Bosworth [2001] FCA 1718 Cardile v LED Builders Pty Ltd [1998] HCA 18; 198 CLR 380 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation v Perry (No 2) (1988) 53 SASR 538 Crescent Funds Management (Aust) Ltd v Crescent Capital Partners Management Ltd [2017] FCAFC 2; 118 ACSR 458 Dates v Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts [2009] FCA 1156; 180 FCR 368 Friends of Leadbeater's Possum Inc v VicForests (No 2) [2018] FCA 532 Friends of Leadbeater's Possum Inc v VicForests (No 4) [2020] FCA 704 Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2006] FCAFC 116; 154 FCR 425 Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2008] FCA 3; 165 FCR 510 LCM Litigation Fund Pty Ltd v Coope [2017] NSWCA 200 Melway Publishing Pty Ltd v Robert Hicks Pty Ltd [2001] HCA 13; 205 CLR 1 Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia [1998] HCA 30; 195 CLR 1 QDSV Holdings Pty Ltd v Trade Practices Commission (1995) 59 FCR 301
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