Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited (No 42) [2023] FCA 750 File numbers: NSD 1485 of 2018 NSD 1486 of 2018 NSD 1487 of 2018
Judgment of: BESANKO J
Date of judgment: 5 July 2023
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — Interlocutory application by Seven Network (Operations) Limited, Australian Capital Equity Pty Ltd and Herbert Smith Freehills under r 24.15 of Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) to set aside subpoenas to produce documents — subpoenas issued at the request of respondents who succeeded in defending proceedings for defamation and who seek orders that third parties pay their costs of the proceedings — whether subpoenas have a legitimate forensic purpose — whether scope of subpoenas should be confined
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 43 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 24.15
Cases cited: FPM Constructions v Council of the City of Blue Mountains [2005] NSWCA 340 HRX Pty Ltd v Scott [2013] NSWSC 451 Knight v FP Special Assets Ltd [1992] HCA 28; (1992) 174 CLR 178 Portal Software International Pty Ltd v Bodsworth [2005] NSWSC 1115 Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited (No 41) [2023] FCA 555 Trade Practices Commission v Arnotts Ltd (No 2) [1989] FCA 340; (1989) 88 ALR 90 Cairns BC, Australian Civil Procedure (12th ed, Lawbook Co, 2020) Zuckerman AAS, Wilkins S, Adamopoulos J, Higgins A, Hooper S and Vial A, Zuckerman on Australian Civil Procedure (LexisNexis Butterworths Australia, 2018)
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