Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Edwards v Nine Network Australia Pty Limited [2022] FCA 509 File number: NSD 129 of 2022
Judgment of: WIGNEY J
Date of judgment: 26 April 2022
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for leave to amend defence – where respondents failed to file defence within 28 days per r 16.32 of Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – where pleadings in defamation case concerning a custody dispute between a man, a woman and a cavoodle were alleged to be defective or deficient and liable to be struck out per r 16.21(1) of Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – a tight leash
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 37M(1) Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 91 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 16.21(1), 16.32 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) s 26
Cases cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Chau Chak Wing (2019) 271 FCR 632; [2019] FCAFC 125 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Hodgkinson [2005] NSWCA 190 Barilaro v Shanks-Markovina (No 2) [2021] FCA 950 Burstein v Times Newspapers [2001] 1 WLR 579 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Hitchcock (2007) 70 NSWLR 484; [2007] NSWCA 364 Rush v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 357 Rush v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] FCA 550 Vintage Marine Art Pty Ltd v Henderson [2021] NSWSC 48
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