PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for orders for preservation of documents – where orders made referring the issue of the extent and nature of discovery for consideration at a conference by a registrar – where applicant alleges that system updates to computing software used by the respondent may compromise the discovery process – whether likely that documents will be lost or destroyed – whether preservation orders appropriate in the circumstances – held materials in support of application do not reveal a basis for concern that critical documents will be destroyed or lost – orders as sought by the applicant would circumvent the conference to be convened before the registrar – application dismissed
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Holland v BT Securities Limited (No 2) [2023] FCA 822
CORPORATIONS LAW – margin lending facility opened in 1997 – application for damages – eight causes of action spanning 25 years – claim alleging a failure to provide a product disclosure statement contrary to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – whether the Corporations Act required the defendant to provide a product disclosure statement and supplementary…
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Khan v Google LLC [2023] FCA 785
Leave to proceed granted in Federal Court of Australia on application served outside Australia. Court orders preliminary discovery on more confined terms than those initially sought.
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Roadshow Films Pty Limited v Telstra Limited [2023] FCA 777
The Federal Court of Australia has granted an injunction involving intellectual property rights, copyright, and alleged infringement of copyright works online. Learn more about this groundbreaking ruling and its implications.
