Lesage v Fisher [1998] FCA 1067

The applicant had not taken reasonable steps to prosecute the petition and there was no reasonable prospect of future prosecution; thus, the petition was dismissed.

Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 25 August 1998
Procedural Posture: Petition / Motion to Dismiss
Outcome: petition dismissed
Legal Topics: ['dismissal for Want of Prosecution']

['electoral Law'] ['dismissal for Want of Prosecution']

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Procedural Posture

Petition / Motion to Dismiss

Legal Issues

1 ['Whether the petition should be dismissed for want of prosecution']

Ratio Decidendi

The applicant had not taken reasonable steps to prosecute the petition and there was no reasonable prospect of future prosecution; thus, the petition was dismissed.

Court Disposition

petition dismissed

Orders

['The petition is dismissed.']