Galante & Galante and Ors

In the matter of *Galante & Galante and Ors*, Berman J of the Federal Court of Australia was required to consider an application concerning the joinder of parties to proceedings. The applicants sought to disjoin the second, third, and fourth respondents from the action.

The central legal issue before the Court was whether the second, third, and fourth respondents should remain parties to the proceedings. This involved an assessment of the relevance and necessity of their continued involvement in the litigation.

Berman J ordered that the second, third, and fourth respondents be disjoined from the proceedings. The precise form of this order was subject to the formal entry of the order in the Court's records.