Monteleone v The Owners of the Old Soap Factory & Ors

• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Service of originating process
  3. › Extension of validity of writ
  4. › Failure to comply with O 7 r 1(3)
  5. › Whether failure to stamp writ with period of extension renders service invalid
  6. › Whether irregularity should be condoned under O 2 r 1
  7. › Rules of the Supreme Court 1971 (WA), O 2 r 1, O 7 r 1
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Service of originating process
  3. › Ex parte hearing
  4. › Whether application to extend validity of writ heard ex parte
  5. › Whether court has jurisdiction over defendant before valid service
  6. › Rules of the Supreme Court 1971 (WA), O 7 r 1(2), O 12 r 6, O 58 r 23
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Irregularity in proceedings
  3. › Scope of discretion under O 2 r 1
  4. › Whether court may consider prejudice beyond that caused by the irregularity itself
  5. › Whether deliberate delay and prejudice to defendant relevant considerations
  6. › Rules of the Supreme Court 1971 (WA), O 2 r 1, O 2 r 2
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Appeal from discretionary decision
  3. › Whether primary judge gave excessive weight to relevant consideration
  4. › Whether error of the kind identified in House v The King established
  5. › Turns on own facts

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