Qantas Airways Ltd v Lucinda Holdforth [2015] NSWSC 821

Qantas Airways Ltd v Lucinda Holdforth [2015] NSWSC 821

Because the parties had reached agreement on an interim regime and there was no dispute presently before the Court requiring determination, it was not appropriate to read the affidavit tendered by the defendant for contextual purposes. The affidavit of Anthony Roger O'Reilly was therefore not read at that stage.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
24 June 2015
Procedural Posture
Application for an Injunction Restraining Disclosure of Confidential Information / Interlocutory Hearing Concerning an Agreed Interim Regime and an Application to Read an Affidavit
Outcome
Interim injunction extended; affidavit not read
Legal Topics
['interim Injunction' 'consent Orders' 'affidavit Evidence' 'suppression or Non Publication of Affidavit Contents']
['practice and Procedure' 'equity' 'confidential Information'] ['interim Injunction' 'consent Orders' 'affidavit Evidence' 'suppression or Non Publication of Affidavit Contents']

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Procedural Posture

Application for an Injunction Restraining Disclosure of Confidential Information / Interlocutory Hearing Concerning an Agreed Interim Regime and an Application to Read an Affidavit

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether, after the parties reached agreement on an interim regime, the defendant should be permitted to read the affidavit of Anthony Roger O'Reilly sworn on 24 June 2015." "Whether there should be disclosure or publication of the contents of the affidavit of Anthony Roger O'Reilly sworn on 24 June 2015."]

Ratio Decidendi

Because the parties had reached agreement on an interim regime and there was no dispute presently before the Court requiring determination, it was not appropriate to read the affidavit tendered by the defendant for contextual purposes. The affidavit of Anthony Roger O'Reilly was therefore not read at that stage.

Court Disposition

Interim injunction extended; affidavit not read

Orders

  • ['Upon the plaintiff by its counsel giving the usual undertaking as to damages, orders in paragraphs 1 to 4 inclusive in the Short Minutes of Order initialled by the Court and dated 24 June 2015 were made.' 'Liberty in paragraph 5 of the Short Minutes of Order was granted.' "Until further order, there be no...