QC v The Scout Association of Australia New South Wales Branch [2025] ACTSC 228 (Link to AUSTLII).
With thanks to Alessandra Pettit for drawing attention to this interlocutory decision in relation to the plaintiff’s statement of claim. There were
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This post was co-authored with Ivy Miller, legal intern at Robinson+Cole. Ivy is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts.
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