Practitioners in Australia should be aware that, pursuant to Practice Note No 13 (4 September 2008), the Federal Court requires a party applying for leave to serve originating process or other documents outside Australia to support the application with evidence of information obtained from the Private International Law Section of the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department in relation to the appropriate method of transmitting documents for service, including certain specified information. See the Practice Note for further details.
(Possibly) Related:
- Australia to accede to Hague Convention on Service Abroad
- Compulsory Processes of the Federal Court of Australia Cannot be Invoked while Jurisdiction is under Challenge
- The Amir of Qatar, a yacht built in New Zealand and sailed to Australia, and the Australian Federal Court
- Broad Grounds for Service of Australian Originating Process Outside of Australia in Tort Cases
- German Federal Constitutional Court on the Service of Statements of Claim in American Class Actions
