Directed Electronics OE Pty Ltd v OE Solutions Pty Ltd (No 5) [2019] FCA 474

Directed Electronics OE Pty Ltd v OE Solutions Pty Ltd (No 5) [2019] FCA 474

The first and sixth respondents were ordered to pay Directed's costs because they had sufficient time to consider objections to the uplift and inspection of subpoenaed documents, and whether the objections were interrelated with the privilege dispute was beside the point given that they abandoned the objections the day before they were to be heard.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
05 April 2019
Procedural Posture
Commercial and Corporations Proceeding; Costs Application Concerning Access to Subpoenaed Documents / On the Papers After Withdrawal of Objections to Uplift, Inspect and Copy Documents Produced Pursuant to Subpoenas
Outcome
Application for costs granted.
Legal Topics
['costs' 'subpoenas' 'inspection of Subpoenaed Documents' 'privilege Against Self Incrimination' 'self Exposure to Civil Penalty']
['commercial and Corporations' 'commercial Contracts, Banking, Finance and Insurance' 'civil Procedure'] ['costs' 'subpoenas' 'inspection of Subpoenaed Documents' 'privilege Against Self Incrimination' 'self Exposure to Civil Penalty']

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Procedural Posture

Commercial and Corporations Proceeding; Costs Application Concerning Access to Subpoenaed Documents / On the Papers After Withdrawal of Objections to Uplift, Inspect and Copy Documents Produced Pursuant to Subpoenas

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the first and sixth respondents should pay the applicant's costs of meeting objections to the applicant's application to uplift, inspect and copy documents produced pursuant to subpoenas." 'Whether the objections were sufficiently interrelated with other privilege applications or affected by the timing of the subpoenas such that costs should follow the outcome of the privilege applications.']

Ratio Decidendi

The first and sixth respondents were ordered to pay Directed's costs because they had sufficient time to consider objections to the uplift and inspection of subpoenaed documents, and whether the objections were interrelated with the privilege dispute was beside the point given that they abandoned the objections the day before they were to be heard.

Court Disposition

Application for costs granted.

Orders

  • ["The first and sixth respondents pay the costs of the applicant in meeting objections raised in respect of the applicant's application of 10 October 2018 to uplift, inspect and copy documents produced pursuant to subpoenas issued on 11 September 2018 and 12 September 2018."]