Wickham Point Pty Ltd v Cth

[2018] NTSC 7

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

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For Australian Law.

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Pleadings
3. › Principles of pleadings
4. › Where strict compliance with technical pleading rules is not required
5. › Court’s discretion to control pleadings.
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Pleadings
3. › Statement of Claim
4. › A Statement of Claim should not plead facts in respect of an anticipated defence.
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Pleadings
3. › Amending Pleadings
4. › Principles applicable to applications for leave to amend pleadings
5. › Courts generally allow amendments in usual cases
6. › Disallowance of an amendment if the amended pleading is thereby rendered liable to strike out.
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Discovery
3. › Redaction of parts of documents
4. › General rule that all of a discovered document must be produced for inspection
5. › Redaction of irrelevant parts may be permitted in appropriate circumstances
6. › Test of the interests of justice determines whether redaction is permissible
7. › Assessment of entitlement to redaction.