Stokes v Ragless

• 1. Defamation
  2. › Actions for defamation
  3. › Costs
  4. › Indemnity costs
  5. › Whether interests of justice require otherwise
  6. › Whether represented party obliged to inform unrepresented party of implications of settlement offers
  7. › Defamation Act 2005 (SA), s 38
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Procedural fairness
  3. › Costs hearing
  4. › Judge determining matter on basis not raised by parties
  5. › Whether denial of opportunity to address issue
  6. › Whether new hearing should be ordered
• 1. Appeal
  2. › General principles
  3. › Interference with discretion of court below
  4. › Decision as to costs
  5. › Wrong principle
  6. › Whether primary judge applied wrong test for interests of justice
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Self-represented litigants
  3. › Obligations to comply with court rules
  4. › Whether self-represented litigants must familiarise themselves with rules on settlement offers and costs

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