Pitney and Pitney

In *Pitney and Pitney*, Forrest J of the Federal Court of Australia considered an interim application made within initiating proceedings filed on 11 August 2016. The specific nature of the dispute between the parties, beyond the fact that it gave rise to these proceedings, is not detailed in the provided text.

The court was required to determine whether to grant the interim relief sought by the applicant in their initiating application. The text does not specify the precise legal issues that underpinned this interim application, nor the substantive application that was to follow.

Forrest J dismissed the interim application. The court's reasoning for this dismissal is not provided in the excerpt. However, the court did order that the substantive application be listed for a trial management directions hearing on Wednesday, 24 May 2017, at 9:30 am.