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6504Court’s discretion whether to assume jurisdiction
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6504 Court’s discretion whether to assume jurisdiction
(1) On application by a person on whom an originating process has been
served out of Australia, the court may dismiss or stay the proceeding
or set aside service of the originating process.
(2) Without limiting subrule (1), the court may make an order under this
rule if satisfied that—
(a) service of the originating process is not authorised by these
rules; or
(b) the court is an inappropriate forum for the trial of the
(c) the proceeding has insufficient prospects of success to warrant
putting the person served outside Australia to the time, expense
and trouble of defending the proceeding.
Rule 6505