Patial v Kailash Lawyers Pty Ltd trading as Kailash Lawyers and Consultants [2025] FCA 113

Federal Court of Australia

Patial v Kailash Lawyers Pty Ltd trading as Kailash Lawyers and Consultants [2025] FCA 113 Appeal from: Application for leave to appeal: Patial v Kailash Lawyers Pty Ltd trading as Kailash Lawyers and Consultants (No 4) [2024] FCA 179

File number: NSD 306 of 2024

Judgment of: BROMWICH J

Date of judgment: 21 February 2025

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — application for leave to appeal from interlocutory orders made by a single judge of the Federal Court — whether leave to appeal should be granted — where primary judge dismissed an interlocutory application for leave to file a further statement of claim — HELD: leave to appeal dismissed with costs

Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) s 570

Cases cited: Birketu Pty Ltd v Atanaskovic [2025] HCA 2 DĂ©cor Corp Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc [1991] FCA 844; (1991) 33 FCR 397 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2000] HCA 63; (2000) 205 CLR 337 Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2024] FCA 1237 Patial v Kailash Lawyers Pty Ltd t/as Kailash Lawyers and Consultants [2023] FCAFC 155 Patial v Kailash Lawyers Pty Ltd trading as Kailash Lawyers and Consultants [2022] FCA 662 Patial v Kailash Lawyers Pty Ltd trading as Kailash Lawyers and Consultants (No 2) [2022] FCA 899 Patial v Kailash Lawyers Pty Ltd trading as Kailash Lawyers and Consultants (No 4) [2024] FCA 179

Division: Fair Work Division