FEDERAL COURT RULES 2011 (SLI NO 134 OF 2011) - RULE 16.21 Application to strike out pleadings
FEDERAL COURT RULES 2011 (SLI NO 134 OF 2011) - RULE 16.21
Application to strike out pleadings(1) A party may apply to the Court for an order that all or part of a pleading be struck out on the ground that the pleading:
(a) contains scandalous material; or
(b) contains frivolous or vexatious material; or
(c) is evasive or ambiguous; or
(d) is likely to cause prejudice, embarrassment or delay in the proceeding; or
(e) fails to disclose a reasonable cause of action or defence or other case appropriate to the nature of the pleading; or
(f) is otherwise an abuse of the process of the Court.
(2) A party may apply for an order that the pleading be removed from the Court file if the pleading contains material of a kind mentioned in paragraph (1) (a), (b) or (c) or is otherwise an abuse of the process of the Court.
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