Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Veolia Water Australia Pty Ltd v Centennial Springvale Pty Limited [2023] FCA 443 File number(s): NSD 204 of 2022
Judgment of: GOODMAN J
Date of judgment: 10 May 2023
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – discovery – preliminary discovery – whether reasonable cause to believe that the prospective applicant may have a right to relief – whether other elements required by r 7.23 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 were established – application granted
Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), rr 7.21, 7.23
Cases cited: Optiver Australia Pty Ltd v Tibra Trading Pty Ltd [2008] FCAFC 133; (2008) 169 FCR 435 Seven Network v Cricket Australia [2021] FCA 1031
Division: General Division
Registry: New South Wales
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Commercial Contracts, Banking, Finance and Insurance
Number of paragraphs: 57
Date of hearing: 29 August 2022
Counsel for the Prospective Applicant: Mr G A Sirtes SC with Ms J Wright
Solicitor for the Prospective Applicant: Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
Counsel for the Prospective Respondents: Mr I Pike SC with Mr S Jayasuriya
Solicitor for the Prospective Respondents: Herbert Smith Freehills
ORDERS NSD 204 of 2022
BETWEEN: VEOLIA WATER AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ACN 061 161 279 Prospective Applicant
AND: CENTENNIAL SPRINGVALE PTY LIMITED ACN 052 096 812 First Prospective Respondent
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