Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Rauland Australia Pty Ltd v Law (No 3) [2021] FCA 898 File number: NSD 1914 of 2018
Judgment of: STEWART J
Date of judgment: 3 August 2021
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – order sought that confidential information of one party be provided to employee of the other party for the purpose of assisting party's expert witness – whether assistance of employee is necessary – whether there is a risk that the confidential information is exploited – order sought for approved management accounts for the purpose of preparing expert evidence
Legislation: Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)
Division: General Division
Registry: New South Wales
National Practice Area: Intellectual Property
Sub-area: Copyright and Industrial Designs
Number of paragraphs: 28
Date of hearing: Determined on the papers
Date of last submissions: 28 July 2021
Counsel for the Applicant: S Prince SC with T Wong
Solicitor for the Applicant: Workplace Law
Counsel for the Respondents: T Brennan SC with E Steer
Solicitor for the Respondents: Norton White
ORDERS NSD 1914 of 2018
BETWEEN: RAULAND AUSTRALIA PTY LTD Applicant
AND: HUW LAW First Respondent
HILLS LTD (ACN 007 573 417) Second Respondent
order made by: STEWART J DATE OF ORDER: 3 August 2021
THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. Subject to any existing applicable confidentiality undertakings or, failing that, against the provision by them of confidentiality undertakings acceptable to the applicant, the applicant provide the respondents' lawyers with a copy of: (a) such of its monthly management accounts for the 2020/2021 financial year that have been approved by the applicant as at the date of these orders, within 7 days of these orders; and (b) the management accounts for the 2020/2021 financial year, within 7 days of those accounts being approved by the applicant. 2. The respondents' lawyers be permitted to provide a copy of the management accounts referred to in Order 1 to any forensic accounting expert retained on behalf of the respondents, provided that the expert first provides the applicant with an undertaking in the agreed form. Note: Entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 39.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011.
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