Australia, June 16 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement May 16:
1. This is an application by the plaintiff for orders permitting the use of certain documents, obtained by the plaintiff during her now discontinued proceedings against the defendant, for the sole purpose of prosecuting a separate claim against her former solicitors.
2. In her original claim against the defendant ("the Oil Search proceedings"), the plaintiff alleged, inter alia, that she was entitled to statutory whistleblower protections under Pt 9.4AAA of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the Corporations Act) and that the defendant breached those protections. Those proceedings have resolved. The plaintiff has now brought a sep...