PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application by a sole director to represent a company where director is not a lawyer - exercise of the Court's discretion to waive compliance with r 4.01(2) of the Federal Court Rules (2011) Cth - where the applicant has not furnished the Court with significant evidence of the financial position of the company or its ultimate shareholders - where the applicant has not furnished the court with significant evidence of its ability to manage its case effectively - whether allowing a non-legally qualified party a limited grant of leave to advance a case is of utility to the Court - consideration of requirements of s 37M of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth)
Held: application allowed in part - applicant granted leave to proceed without a solicitor in a limited way restricted to specific matters
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