The correct test in Victoria on an application to set aside service outside Australia under the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2005 is that stated by the plurality in Agar v Hyde: whether the claims have insufficient prospects of success to warrant putting the overseas defendant to the trouble of defending — equivalent to the summary judgment test. The former 'strongly arguable case' test is more stringent than required. The Victorian Rules are not relevantly different from the NSW Rules considered in Agar v Hyde.
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