Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Wilson v Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry [2023] FCA 29 File number(s): ACD 52 of 2021
Judgment of: GOODMAN J
Date of judgment: 31 January 2023
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Application for discovery – Discovery in administrative law cases – appropriate breadth of discovery categories – application allowed in part
Legislation: Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), ss 37M and 37N Public Service Act 1999 (Cth), ss 11, 13 and 15 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), rr 20.11 and 20.13 Public Service Regulations 1999 (Cth), regs 5.28 and 5.32
Cases cited: Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v WZARH [2015] HCA 40; (2015) 256 CLR 326 Nathanson v Minister for Home Affairs [2022] HCA 26; (2022) 403 ALR 398
Division: General Division
Registry: Australian Capital Territory
National Practice Area: Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Number of paragraphs: 41
Date of last submission/s: 21 October 2022
Date of hearing: 1 April 2022
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr N Oram
Solicitor for the Applicant: Mackenzie Workplace Law
Counsel for the First Respondent: Mr T J Dixon
Solicitor for the First Respondent: Maddocks
Solicitor for the Second Respondent: Australian Government Solicitor
ORDERS ACD 52 of 2021
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