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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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