Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Rauland Australia Pty Ltd v Law (No 2) [2020] FCA 1400 File number: NSD 1914 of 2018
Judgment of: STEWART J
Date of judgment: 25 September 2020
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for release from Harman undertakings regarding documents produced during standard discovery – documents sought to be used for separate proceeding in New Zealand – whether special considerations – where documents likely to be relevant in separate proceeding – where documents likely to be tendered in evidence or formally read in open court – where documents of a confidential nature – whether Court can accept undertakings from New Zealand practitioners – applicant relieved from Harman undertaking
Legislation: Employment Relations Act 2000 (NZ) ss 157, 160
Cases cited: Harman v Secretary of State for Home Department [1983] 1 AC 280 Hearne v Street [2008] HCA 36; 235 CLR 125 Liberty Funding Pty Ltd v Phoenix Capital Ltd [2005] FCAFC 3; 218 ALR 283 Springfield Nominees Pty Ltd v Bridgelands Securities Ltd [1992] FCA 720; 38 FCR 217 State Street Global Advisors Trust Co v Maurice Blackburn Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 1464; 148 IPR 190
Division: General Division
Registry: New South Wales
National Practice Area: Intellectual Property
Sub-area: Copyright and Industrial Designs
Number of paragraphs: 49
Date of hearing: 25 September 2020
Counsel for the Applicant: S Prince SC with G Tsang
Solicitor for the Applicant: Workplace Law
Counsel for the Respondents: T Brennan with S McIntosh
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