Australia, April 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 21:
1. The plaintiff and defendant are both solicitors. On 21 July 2020, the plaintiff commenced proceedings for defamation for two publications on the defendant's social media account "Twitter" (now "X") on 28 July 2019 and 27 May 2020. The proceedings were ready to take a hearing date in October 2022 but, as set out below, there have been delays and disputes over the past two and a half years, which have culminated in the applications I have heard this morning.
2. These are my reasons for making the orders set out at the end of this judgment.
The circumstances leading to the parties' applications
3. After rulings on plead...