Where republications of defamatory matter are pleaded only in relation to damages (not as separate causes of action), separate limitation periods do not apply to each republication where the republication was reasonably foreseeable. The limitation period applicable to the primary publication governs. Amendments that clarify rather than fundamentally alter the cause of action as originally pleaded fall within r 501(a) of the Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT) and must be allowed.
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