Federal Treasury Enterprise (FKP) Sojuzplodoimport v Spirits International B.V. (Form of Orders) [2019] FCA 1772

Federal Treasury Enterprise (FKP) Sojuzplodoimport v Spirits International B.V. (Form of Orders) [2019] FCA 1772

The whole of any further proceeding on the third further amended cross-claim was permanently stayed because the categories of discovery not given by FKP and the Russian Federation might be relevant to all remaining issues, including possible exceptions to issue estoppel under Arnold and Discretionary Defences, and it cannot be determined at this stage that the undisclosed documents would be irrelevant to these matters.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
31 October 2019
Procedural Posture
Cross Claim / Form of Final Orders After Permanent Stay Determination
Outcome
Permanent stay of any further proceedings on the cross-claim; costs and leave to appeal granted as specified; other prayers stood over for case management.
Legal Topics
['trade Marks' 'issue Estoppel' 'discovery' 'permanent Stay' 'abuse of Process']
['intellectual Property'] ['trade Marks' 'issue Estoppel' 'discovery' 'permanent Stay' 'abuse of Process']

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Procedural Posture

Cross Claim / Form of Final Orders After Permanent Stay Determination

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether any further proceeding on the third further amended cross-claim should be permanently stayed due to failure of discovery' 'Whether Dutch proceedings create issue estoppel barring the whole of Spirits’ defence, including Discretionary Defences' 'Whether Arnold v National Westminster Bank plc principle applies to allow exception to issue estoppel' 'Whether documents not disclosed might be relevant to defences or estoppel arguments']

Ratio Decidendi

The whole of any further proceeding on the third further amended cross-claim was permanently stayed because the categories of discovery not given by FKP and the Russian Federation might be relevant to all remaining issues, including possible exceptions to issue estoppel under Arnold and Discretionary Defences, and it cannot be determined at this stage that the undisclosed documents would be irrelevant to these matters.

Court Disposition

Permanent stay of any further proceedings on the cross-claim; costs and leave to appeal granted as specified; other prayers stood over for case management.

Orders

  • ['Any further proceeding on the third further amended cross-claim be permanently stayed.' 'The Cross-Claimants be granted leave to appeal from Order 1.' "The Cross-Claimants pay the Cross-Respondent's costs of prayer 1 of the Cross-Respondent's interlocutory application of 7 December 2018." "Prayers 2, 3, 4, 6, 7...