Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Electoral Commissioner, Australian Electoral Commission v James [2021] FCA 99 File number(s): VID 776 of 2020
Judgment of: O'BRYAN J
Date of judgment: 12 February 2021
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – substituted service – whether leave should be granted by the Court pursuant to Rule 10.24 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 for the applicant to serve documents on the respondent using the proposed method of substituted service
Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), r 10.24
Cases cited: ACCC v Yellow Page Marketing BV [2010] FCA 1218 Porter v Freudenberg [1915] 1 KB 857
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
National Practice Area: Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Number of paragraphs: 15
Date of hearing: 12 February 2021
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr Wardle of Maddocks
Counsel for the Respondent: The Respondent did not appear
ORDERS VID 776 of 2020
BETWEEN: THE ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER OF THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION Applicant
AND: CHRISTOPHER RONALD JAMES Respondent
order made by: O'BRYAN J DATE OF ORDER: 12 FEBRUARY 2021
THE COURT NOTES THAT:
A. Due to the procedures implemented by the Federal Court of Australia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic which include restricting the parties, their legal representatives and members of the public from attending hearings at the Commonwealth Law Courts, Melbourne in person, this hearing is being conducted by video link. B. Instructions to enable members of the public to attend the hearing by video link are published on the Federal Court website.
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
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