The Federal Court of Australia in CPJ17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 1242 has held that barristers engaged on a limited ‘direct access’ brief are not required to comply with r 4.03 of the Federal Court…
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Direct access barristers – no requirement to comply with r 4.03 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth)
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‘Chorley exception’ held to apply to barristers
A majority of the New South Wales Court of Appeal in Pentelow v Bell Lawyers Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 150 (“Pentelow”) has held that the so-called ‘Chorley exception’, a rule of practice which entitles a self-represented litigant who is a…
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Principles governing the valid exercise of an option
The question of whether there had been a valid exercise of an option for the purchase of certain real property was recently addressed by Slattery J of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in Hills Central Pty Limited v…
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The constitutional imperative in s 44(i) of the Constitution
Introduction The High Court of Australia sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns in Re Gallagher [2018] HCA 17 has provided further details about the “constitutional imperative”, the implicit qualification or exception to the operation of s 44(i) of the…
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Court of Appeal confirms decision dismissing proceedings for failure to provide security for costs of an appeal
The New South Wales Court of Appeal (Leeming JA, White JA and Barrett AJA) in Pi v Zhou (No 4) [2018] NSWCA 87 has dismissed an application for an extension of time within which to review a decision of Payne…
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