A party who invokes the jurisdiction of an Australian court must provide an Australian address for service on originating process as required by UCPR rr 4.2 and 4.5. Failure to do so may render the originating process incompetent, particularly where the party has been previously warned of this consequence and where the party's litigation strategy depends on the absence of a local address while simultaneously seeking to invoke the court's jurisdiction. The Hague Service Convention (implemented by Part 11A UCPR) likely provides additional methods of service rather than replacing existing methods, but the precise scope of Part 11A remains to be determined in a case where the question is fully argued.
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