Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Alpert v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Defence) (No 2) [2024] FCA 447 File number: VID 161 of 2023
Judgment of: SNADEN J
Date of judgment: 2 May 2024
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – interlocutory application – application for leave to file an amended originating application and second amended statement of claim – whether proposed amendments to statement of claim embarrassing – whether proposed causes of action futile – application refused
Legislation: Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 (Cth) ss 35, 193 Defence Legislation Amendment Act 2003 (Cth) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 21 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 8.21, 16.53
Cases cited: A v New South Wales (2007) 230 CLR 500 Brett Cattle Company Pty Ltd v Minister for Agriculture (2020) 274 FCR 337 Caason Investments Pty Ltd v Cao (2015) 236 FCR 322 D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid (2005) 223 CLR 1 Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal in Private R Army v Chief of Army [2022] ADFDAT 1 Emanuele v Hedley (1997) 137 FLR 339 Grimwade v State of Victoria (1997) 90 A Crim R 526 I Cook Foods Pty Ltd v State of Victoria [2022] VSC 649 Lee v Abedian [2017] 1 Qd R 549 Mullett v Nixon [2016] VSC 512 New South Wales v Paige (2002) 60 NSWLR 371 Northern Territory v Mengel (1995) 185 CLR 307 Pharm-a-Care Laboratories Pty Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia (No 3) (2010) 267 ALR 494 Plaintiff M83A/2019 [2020] FCA 1198 Repacholi Aviation Pty Ltd v Civil Aviation Safety Authority [2010] FCA 994 Ron Medich Properties Pty Ltd v Bentley-Smythe Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 494 RSD Chartered Accountants v Bolitho (2014) 102 ACSR 528 Sheehan v Brett-Young [2016] VSC 53 Stratford (a pseudonym) v Judge Vasta [2023] FCA 1020 Sullivan v Moody; Thompson v Connon (2001) 207 CLR 562 Tamaya Resources Ltd (in liq) v Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (A Firm), in the matter of Tamaya Resources Ltd (in liq) [2015] FCA 1098 Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No 3) [2003] 2 AC 1 Trobridge v Hardy (1955) 94 CLR 147 Uber Technologies Incorporated v Andrianakis (2020) 61 VR 580 Wheelahan v City of Casey (No 12) [2013] VSC 316 Wilson v New South Wales (2001) 53 NSWLR 407 Wood v New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 313
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