Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Bluetag Australia Pty Ltd v BCC Trade Credit Pty Ltd trading as Bond and Credit Co [2023] FCA 1459 File number: NSD 624 of 2022
Judgment of: STEWART J
Date of judgment: 23 November 2023
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for leave to issue and serve subpoenas to produce documents on two Singaporean corporations – power of the Court to authorise the issue of subpoenas for service on an overseas entity – whether discretion ought to be exercised – application refused
Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 10.44, 24.01, 24.12 Rules of Court 2021 (Singapore) O 64
Cases cited: Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd (in liq) v McGraw-Hill Financial Inc [2016] FCA 401; 245 FCR 340 Georges (Liquidator), in the Matter of SIRA Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) [2022] FCA 768 Stemcor (Australasia) Pty Ltd v Oceanwave Line SA [2004] FCA 391
Division: General Division
Registry: New South Wales
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Commercial Contracts, Banking, Finance and Insurance
Number of paragraphs: 22
Date of hearing: 23 November 2023
Counsel for the Applicants: The appearance of the Applicants was mentioned by Counsel for the Respondents.
Counsel for the Respondents: B Cameron and C Clarke (written submissions also by C Withers SC)
Solicitor for the Respondents: Kennedys (Australasia) Partnership
ORDERS NSD 624 of 2022
BETWEEN: BLUETAG AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ACN 629 986 590 First Applicant
ALZYS GLOBAL PTE SINGAPORE UNIQUE ENTITY NUMBER 200715853R Second Applicant
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