The FPA has been accused of leaking court documents from its legal case with Bannister Mansfield Financial Services (Bannister Mansfield) to its 12,000 members.
The association emailed its court filed affidavit to its members last Friday, the NSW district registry of the Federal Court of Australia heard yesterday.
The FPA also published the cover letter it sent to its members as well and the affidavit on its website, the court heard.
Legal representatives for Bannister Mansfield and its director Gavin Murphy are now considering a possible cross claim for abuse and or defamation against the FPA.
The main argument for Murphy's case against the FPA is that while an injunction was sought against him in regards to publishing alleged defamative advertisements against the FPA and its chief executive Jo-Anne Bloch, it is now Murphy who feels defamed, the court heard.
The hearing was adjourned until this Friday where the court will determine if the FPA has a case to answer to.
Both parties appeared in court yesterday after the FPA sought an injunction against Bannister Mansfield and Murphy over advertisements the group ran publicly attacking the association.
