Websyte Corporation Pty Ltd v Alexander [2012] FCA 69

Websyte Corporation Pty Ltd v Alexander [2012] FCA 69

The applicant's interlocutory application was dismissed because the court was not persuaded that release from undertakings is justified, given the nature of the rights involved, the applicant's own breach of undertakings, and the fact that the offences alleged correspond essentially to private/invididual rights, not...

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Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
13 February 2012
Procedural Posture
Interlocutory Application in Ongoing Civil Proceedings / Hearing and Determination of Interlocutory Applications
Outcome
Applicant's interlocutory application dismissed; interlocutory timetable amended; further listing for directions.
Legal Topics
['search Order' 'undertakings' 'disclosure to Police' 'copyright Infringement' 'trespass' 'interlocutory Application' 'discovery']
['practice and Procedure' 'copyright Law' 'criminal Law'] ['search Order' 'undertakings' 'disclosure to Police' 'copyright Infringement' 'trespass' 'interlocutory Application' 'discovery']

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Procedural Posture

Interlocutory Application in Ongoing Civil Proceedings / Hearing and Determination of Interlocutory Applications

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether applicant should be released from undertakings not to use information obtained in search order for purposes outside proceeding' 'Whether documents recovered under civil search order should be provided to police for criminal investigation']

Ratio Decidendi

The applicant's interlocutory application was dismissed because the court was not persuaded that release from undertakings is justified, given the nature of the rights involved, the applicant's own breach of undertakings, and the fact that the offences alleged correspond essentially to private/invididual rights, not broader public interest; strict adherence to undertakings is required given the exceptional civil relief gained by the applicant.

Court Disposition

Applicant's interlocutory application dismissed; interlocutory timetable amended; further listing for directions.

Orders

  • ["The applicant's interlocutory application filed on 12 January 2012 be dismissed." "With respect to the second respondent's interlocutory application filed on 17 January 2012: (a) that application be stood over to a time and date fixed by the docket Judge; (b) the parties have liberty to apply; (c) the parties'...