Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Ezekiel-Hart v Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory [2013] FCA 257 Citation: Ezekiel-Hart v Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory [2013] FCA 257
Parties: EMMANUEL TAM. EZEKIEL-HART v THE LAW SOCIETY OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, ROBERT REIS, LARRY KING and ROD BARNETT
File number: ACD 86 of 2012
Judge: FOSTER J
Date of judgment: 25 March 2013
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – abuse of process – whether the applicant is entitled to relitigate in the Federal Court claims previously made in the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory and dismissed by that Court as (inter alia) disclosing no reasonable cause of action
Legislation: Crimes Act 1900 (ACT) Discrimination Act 1991 (ACT) Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) Legal Profession Act 2006 (ACT), s 81, s 587A Federal Court Rules 2011, r 16.21(1)(f)
Cases cited: Ezekiel-Hart v Law Society (ACT) [2012] ACTSC 103 related Ezekiel-Hart v The Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory (2010) 173 ACTR 15, [2010] ALMD 5512 related Reichel v Magrath (1889) 14 App Cas 665 followed Spalla v St George Motor Finance Ltd (No 6) [2004] FCA 1699 applied
Date of hearing: 5 March 2013
Place: Sydney (via video link to Canberra) (heard in Canberra)
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 68
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