Tipperary Developments Pty Ltd v The State of Western Australia

In Tipperary Developments Pty Ltd v The State of Western Australia, the plaintiff, Tipperary Developments, sought leave to administer further interrogatories and for an order that the defendant, the State of Western Australia, answer interrogatories. The matter was before Murray J in the Supreme Court of Western Australia. The primary issue was whether the defendant had valid grounds for objecting to answering certain interrogatories. The court considered various grounds of objection, including the requirement to form opinions or draw conclusions, the need for assistance from persons no longer employed by the defendant, and the relevance of the information sought. Murray J ruled that some objections were valid, such as those requiring expert opinions or involving legal conclusions, while others were not upheld. The court granted leave for the plaintiff to administer amended interrogatories and ordered the defendant to provide answers within a specified timeframe.