Clubs Australia - Industrial v United Voice [2017] FCA 1598

Clubs Australia - Industrial v United Voice [2017] FCA 1598

Documents regarding protests at Southport Sharks Club and Burleigh Bears Leagues Club are relevant to the pleaded issues of whether Ms Caddie organised the alleged protest actions as part of a broader campaign, and are therefore discoverable under the Rules.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
21 December 2017
Procedural Posture
Application for Discovery / Interlocutory Application
Outcome
Application for discovery granted
Legal Topics
['discovery' 'relevance of Evidence' 'oppressive Discovery Requests']
['employment & Industrial Relations' 'practice and Procedure'] ['discovery' 'relevance of Evidence' 'oppressive Discovery Requests']

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Procedural Posture

Application for Discovery / Interlocutory Application

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the disputed categories of documents concerning protests at Southport Sharks Club and Burleigh Bears Leagues Club are relevant to issues raised by the pleadings and properly discoverable under r 20.11 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth)']

Ratio Decidendi

Documents regarding protests at Southport Sharks Club and Burleigh Bears Leagues Club are relevant to the pleaded issues of whether Ms Caddie organised the alleged protest actions as part of a broader campaign, and are therefore discoverable under the Rules.

Court Disposition

Application for discovery granted

Orders

  • ['On or before 16 February 2018, the first respondent give discovery of the documents in Schedule A to this order.']