Tredders Investments Pty Ltd as trustee for Warren Tredrea Trust v Channel 9 South Australia (No 2) [2023] FCA 698

Federal Court of Australia

Tredders Investments Pty Ltd as trustee for Warren Tredrea Trust v Channel 9 South Australia (No 2) [2023] FCA 698 File number: SAD 147 of 2022

Judgment of: KENNETT J

Date of judgment: 26 June 2023

Catchwords: EVIDENCE – Application pursuant to r 23.15 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) seeking orders for experts to give oral evidence concurrently – where widely divergent approaches to relevance of matters canvassed in expert reports – application stood over

Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 37M Independent Contractors Act 2006 (Cth) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 1.34, 23.15, 30.01

Division: General Division

Registry: South Australia

National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations

Sub-area: Commercial Contracts, Banking, Finance and Insurance

Number of paragraphs: 17

Date of hearing: 23 June 2023

Counsel for the Applicants: Mr S D Ower KC with Mr S H Lindsay

Solicitor for the Applicants: Polson Legal

Counsel for the Respondent: Mr B C Roberts KC with Ms H M Doyle

Solicitor for the Respondent: Finlaysons Lawyers

ORDERS SAD 147 of 2022

BETWEEN: TREDDERS INVESTMENTS PTY LTD (ACN 089 102 958) AS TRUSTEE FOR WARREN TREDREA TRUST First Applicant

WARREN TREDREA Second Applicant

AND: CHANNEL 9 SOUTH AUSTRALIA (ACN 007 577 880) Respondent

order made by: KENNETT J DATE OF ORDER: 26 June 2023

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. The applicants' interlocutory application filed on 5 June 2023 be stood over to a date to be advised. 2. The proceeding be listed for case management on a date to be advised. Note: Entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 39.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011.