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Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Boral Resources (Vic) Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 21 (HCA) - discovery - contempt - appellant corporation amenable to order to make discovery under r29.07(2) Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2005 (Vic) - appeal dismissed
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Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Boral Resources (Vic) Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 21
High Court of Australia
French CJ; Kiefel, Bell, Gageler, Keane & Nettle JJ
Discovery - contempt - Boral sought to punish appellant for contempt of Court by establishing blockade of construction site in disobedience of Court orders - Boral sought discovery of documents concerning whether appellant authorised employee to establish blockade - whether appellant corporation amenable to order under r29.07 Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2005 (Vic) to make discovery of particular documents in proceedings - appellant argued terms of r29.07 not sufficiently clear to oblige it to disadvantage itself as defendant in proceedings which were either criminal or quasi-criminal - held: appellant’s argument failed because contempt proceeding against appellant was a civil proceeding to which r29.07 applied according to its tenor - appeal dismissed.
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