Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1979 No. 140 FEDERAL COURT RULES - RULE 22.2

2. (1) Subject to sub-rule (2) a party making a claim for relief may
discontinue a proceeding so far as concerns the whole or any part of any claim
for relief made by him-

   (a)  at any time before the directions hearing appointed in the
        application-without the leave of the Court or the consent of any other
        party;

   (b)  where after the directions hearing the proceeding continues on
        pleadings but the pleadings are not closed-without the leave of the
        Court or the consent of any other party;

   (c)  where judgment has not been entered-with the consent of all the
        parties; and

   (d)  at any time-with the leave of the Court.

(2) A party who represents any other person in the proceeding shall not
discontinue his claim for relief under sub-rule (1) without the leave of the
Court.