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The Federal Courts Rules generally require corporations to appear through a solicitor. Leave for an officer to represent the company is a special-circumstances exception, not a matter of preference.
For an owner who knows every detail of the dispute, paying someone else to speak can seem unnecessary. The rules may see it differently.
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