Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Kant v Australian Information Commissioner (No 2) [2025] FCA 76 File number: VID 829 of 2023
Judgment of: SNADEN J
Date of judgment: 12 February 2025
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – interlocutory application filed by the applicant seeking orders for, inter alia, discovery, transfer and stay of proceedings – where applicant is self-represented – where remaining orders sought include orders preventing intervention and joinder except on application by applicant – whether discovery application constitutes a "fishing expedition" – whether application for stay of proceeding supported by evidence – whether proceeding is sufficiently connected to Supreme Court of Victoria proceedings to justify transfer –whether costs of application be reserved – application dismissed.
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 23 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 55ZG(2) Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987 (Cth) s 5(4) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 9.03, 9.05, 9.12, 27.21 Legal Services Directions 2017 (Cth)
Cases cited: Civil & Civic Corporation Pty Ltd v Nova Builders Pty Ltd [2022] FCA 1515 Groves v Commissioner of Taxation [2011] FCA 222 Kant v Australian Information Commissioner [2024] FCA 599 Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd (2011) 248 CLR 37 Trade Practices Commission v CC (New South Wales) Pty Ltd (No 4) (1995) 58 FCR 426
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate