Catchwords: CORPORATIONS - interpleader proceeding under Part 18 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) - appeal from orders allowing delivery up of hard drives storing electronic copies of books and...
Catchwords: STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – where liquidators of companies made requests to the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police for copies of seized books and records pursuant to s 3N of the...
Catchwords: DEFAMATION – pleadings – common law justification – primary judge struck out variant meanings – David Syme & Co Ltd v Hore-Lacy – respondents’ imputations that there were reasonable grounds...
Catchwords: APPEALS – application for leave to appeal – notice of intention to appeal – delay in filing application for leave to appeal in context of ongoing proceedings – absence of...
Catchwords: LEAVE TO APPEAL – whether the issues raised in the applicant’s statement of claim amounted to a re-litigation of issues dealt with in the earlier proceedings – whether the applicant’s...
Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules r 36.16 – where orders dispositive of appeal have been made – where applicants seek orders setting aside judgment and allowing the appeals...