Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v April International Marketing Services Australia Pty Ltd (No 3) [2009] FCA 1166

The Court found it was impractical to personally serve Sunil Sood in accordance with the Rules and so made orders for substituted service by hand, post, and email to specified addresses.

Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 08 October 2009
Procedural Posture: Notice of Motion for Substituted Service / Interlocutory/procedural Order
Outcome: Application for substituted service granted.
Legal Topics: ['substituted Service' 'service of Process']

['civil Procedure'] ['substituted Service' 'service of Process']

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Procedural Posture

Notice of Motion for Substituted Service / Interlocutory/procedural Order

Legal Issues

1 ['Whether service of documents on Sunil Sood in accordance with the standard Federal Court Rules is impractical' 'Whether substituted service should be ordered and by what means']

Ratio Decidendi

The Court found it was impractical to personally serve Sunil Sood in accordance with the Rules and so made orders for substituted service by hand, post, and email to specified addresses.

Court Disposition

Application for substituted service granted.

Orders

['Personal service on Sunil Sood be dispensed with for certain documents.' 'Leave to effect service by substituted means.' 'Documents may be served by hand and mail to two Singapore addresses and by email to sunil_sood@aprilasia.com.' 'Service deemed effective after 7 days from compliance with substituted service...