Sources close to the case confirmed on Saturday that it would go ahead,for Jackson has provided security for costs to pursue his claims of deceptive and misleading conduct,claims the AFL denies.
Taylor had initially lodged a writ against the AFL,including chief executive Gillon McLachlan and former chairman Mike Fitzpatrick,in February last year.
He will be represented by human rights lawyer Julian Burnside,QC,with their case claiming the AFL had deceived or misled the public to protect its interests and reputation through the five-year scandal. One claim is that McLachlan attempted to reach an outcome before players and Essendon officials had been interviewed by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority and the AFL.
The hearing before Justice John Dixon will be an application over how the matter proceeds in what could be a limited trial.
Fitzpatrick said last year that the AFL had no regrets over how it had handled the saga that led to a doping suspension of 34 players and impacted greatly on the AFL careers of former coach James Hird,former football department chief Danny Corcoran and Hird's senior assistant,Mark Thompson.
Taylor said last year that the"ultimate end game is to have a trial and to allow the public to have clarification the ways in which the AFL mishandled the investigation,including the way it treated Hird,Corcoran and Thompson".
Hird,who twice fought the AFL through the Federal Court,is not involved in this case.
The AFL was contacted for comment.