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Today's published judgments

Thursday, 9 February 2012

Judgments are in subject order and link to the full-text decision on the AustLII website.

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Full Court judgments

There were no Full Court judgments published today.

Single Judge judgments

Contract
Windsor v Sydney Medical Service Co-operative Ltd (No. 4) [2012] FCA 58
Edmonds J, 9 February 2012
CONTRACT - alleged breaches of agreements to provide medical services to patients of general practitioner members of medical deputising service - whether agreements entered into on terms and conditions alleged - whether agreements entered into at all. Held: No agreements of the kind alleged entered into - no alleged breach of agreement entered into - application dismissed.

Migration
Randell v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 50
Collier J, 2 February 2012

Practice and Procedure
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v BHP Coal Pty Ltd (No 3) [2012] FCA 61
Collier J, 7 February 2012
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Notice to Produce served pursuant to rule 30.28 Federal Court Rules 2011 - application to set aside Notice to Produce - comparison with subpoena duces tecum - principles governing the exercise of the power to set aside a Notice to Produce - timing of issue of Notice to Produce - not substitute for further and better discovery - apparent relevance - "fishing" - breadth of categories of documents sought

Practice and Procedure
Dennis v Chambers Investment Planners Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 63
Barker J, 9 February 2012
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - discovery - further discovery - standard discovery - directly relevant - indirectly relevant - non-standard discovery - support

Federal Court of Australia
Today's published judgments Thursday, 9 February 2012 Judgments are in subject order and link to the full-text decision on the AustLII website. Single \| Full Court
Full Court judgments There were no Full Court judgments published today.

Single Judge judgments
Contract Windsor v Sydney Medical Service Co-operative Ltd (No. 4) [2012] FCA 58 Edmonds J, 9 February 2012 CONTRACT - alleged breaches of agreements to provide medical services to patients of general practitioner members of medical deputising service - whether agreements entered into on terms and conditions alleged - whether agreements entered into at all. Held: No agreements of the kind alleged entered into - no alleged breach of agreement entered into - application dismissed. Migration Randell v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 50 Collier J, 2 February 2012 Practice and Procedure Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v BHP Coal Pty Ltd (No 3) [2012] FCA 61 Collier J, 7 February 2012 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Notice to Produce served pursuant to rule 30.28 Federal Court Rules 2011 - application to set aside Notice to Produce - comparison with subpoena duces tecum - principles governing the exercise of the power to set aside a Notice to Produce - timing of issue of Notice to Produce - not substitute for further and better discovery - apparent relevance - "fishing" - breadth of categories of documents sought Practice and Procedure Dennis v Chambers Investment Planners Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 63 Barker J, 9 February 2012 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - discovery - further discovery - standard discovery - directly relevant - indirectly relevant - non-standard discovery - support