A ‘non-colourable assertion’ – litigating “pure” defamation claims in the Federal Court
Ever since the decision of Crosby v Kelly (2012) 203 FCR 451, the Federal Court has become, in many respects, the jurisdiction du jour for defamation litigants throughout Australia.
How did we get here? Who can go there? How? And why would you want to? This article seeks to answer these questions.