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VIC – Emailing in the Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court (Chapter I Email Service Amendment) Rules 2017 which come into effect on 1 August 2017 requires parties in civil matters to include an email address for service in documents filed with the Court and provide that ordinary service may be effected by email to that address.

Documents are to be served either as attachments to a covering email or by including in the email an operative hyperlink to the documents being served.

District Court Civil NSW

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NOVEMBER
  •  Brand new guide added – ‘Reference Manual – 101 Subpoena Answers for NSW’
OCTOBER
  • Acting for the Defendant and Acting for the Plaintiff Guides
    • Commentaries added on service outside of Australia
    • Commentaries added on list of exhibits
  • Costs Agreement
    • Included reference to time limit for bringing costs assessment included total estimate of legal costs section with provision for variables and included authority to receive money into trust.
    • Disputes section improved, fields for client and firm details added, trust account details added, solicitor’s lien added, execution clauses for individuals and corporations added and general formatting and grammatical improvements.

 

Local Court Civil NSW

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NOVEMBER
  • Brand new guide added- ‘Reference Manual – 101 Subpoena Answers for NSW’
OCTOBER
  • Updated commentaries with respect to amendments to Local Court Practice Note No. 1 of 2015.
  • Costs Agreements
    • Included reference to time limit for bringing costs assessment, total estimate of legal costs section with provision for variables and included authority to receive money into trust.
    • Disputes section improved, fields for client and firm details added, trust account details added, solicitor’s lien added, execution clauses for individuals and corporations added and general formatting and grammatical improvements.

 

Magistrates’ Court Civil SA

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Magistrates’ Court Civil 

OCTOBER
  • Costs Agreements – Disputes section improved, fields for client and firm details added, trust account details added, solicitor’s lien added, execution clauses for individuals and corporations added and general formatting and grammatical improvements.
AUGUST
  • From 1 August 2016 Small Claims reduce from $25,000 to $12,000 or less. Edit scale of costs – Third schedule.
APRIL
  • File Cover Sheets for all publications have been completely re-formatted for a better look.
FEBRUARY
  • Making life a little easier for practitioners – look out for Blank Deed, Agreement and Execution Clauses folder in the matter plan at the end of each Getting the Matter Underway.

County Court Civil VIC

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County Court Civil 

OCTOBER 
  • Costs Agreements
    • Included reference to time limit for bringing costs assessment, total estimate of legal costs section with provision for variables, and authority to receive money into trust.
    • Disputes section improved, fields for client and firm details added, trust account details added, solicitor’s lien added, execution clauses for individuals and corporations added and general formatting and grammatical improvements.

APRIL

  • File Cover Sheets for all publications have been completely re-formatted for a better look.

FEBRUARY

  • Making life a little easier for practitioners – look out for Blank Deed, Agreement and Execution Clauses folder in the matter plan at the end of each Getting the Matter Underway.
  • County Court commentary (VIC) – has been reviewed and updated to reflect County Court Vic practice note changes. These include:
    • Common Law Division (PNCL 1-2016) – this practice note provides information on the operation and management of the Common Law Division (divided into the General, Defamation, Medical, Applications, Family Property, WorkCover, Serious Injury and Confiscation Lists).
    • Commercial Division – these practice notes ensure that practitioners and litigants are that the Commercial Division offer flexible arrangements to circuit matters to ensure that litigants in issuing in those courts are not disadvantaged. These include Banking and Finance Lists, Building Cases Lists and Expedited Cases List.

Supreme Court Civil NSW

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Supreme Court Civil NSW updates
JANUARY
  • Content added on requirements of PN SC Eq1 – Mediation and ADR
NOVEMBER
  •  Brand new guide added – ‘Reference Manual – 101 Subpoena Answers for NSW’
OCTOBER
  • Acting for the Plaintiff – Updated rule for overseas service
  • Costs Agreements
    • Disputes section improved, fields for client and firm details added, trust account details added, solicitor’s lien added, execution clauses for individuals and corporations added and general formatting and grammatical improvements.
    • Included reference to time limit for bringing costs assessment included total estimate of legal costs section with provision for variables and included authority to receive money into trust.
  • Commentary added on agreed list of documents
SEPTEMBER
  • Equity Division Supreme Court – Acting for Defendant and Plaintiff Commentaries – Updated reference to real property list practice note SCEQ12

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