Gamester Pty Limited & Anor v Rural Press Limited & Ors; Re His Honour Mr Justice Lockhart; Ex parte Gamestar Pty Limited &

Gamester Pty Limited and John Lindsay Parker, as applicants and prosecutors, sought a writ of mandamus against His Honour Mr Justice Lockhart. The proceedings were before the High Court of Australia.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether to grant an application to waive filing fees in relation to an appeal. The applicants also sought to waive fees for applications to enforce a stay under the Legal Aid Commission.

The Court was required to consider the documents filed in support of the applications for fee waivers. Ms Cameron, representing the applicants, indicated that the filed documents were scant and that her oral submissions would be more important. She explained that there were multiple applications to waive fees, some relating to different appeal numbers and the Federal Court's consolidation of appeals. The Court noted the presence of a summons, affidavits, and an application for special leave to appeal, and sought clarification on which documents were to be considered for the fee waiver application.