Pastor v Aegis Aged Care Staff Pty Ltd [No 4]

• 1. Defamation
  2. › Limitation of actions
  3. › One-year limitation period for defamation actions
  4. › Extension of time to commence proceedings
  5. › Whether not reasonable for plaintiff to have commenced action within one year
  6. › Whether self-represented status relevant to objective test
  7. › Limitation Act 2005 (WA), ss 15, 40
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Amendment of pleadings
  3. › Whether amendment introduces new cause of action
  4. › Substitution of misdescribed corporate defendant
  5. › Amendment of indorsement to identify defamatory statements
  6. › Whether new cause of action statute barred
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Summary judgment
  3. › Limitation defence
  4. › Whether limitation question appropriate for summary determination
  5. › Whether clearest of cases

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