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Elegals Litigator's Toolkit (Jackson and Pastellas) is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld). It includes the complete Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, extensive commentary and analysis incorporating new cases weekly, and access to Practice Directions, and forms.
Elegals Litigator’s Toolkit (Jackson and Pastellas) makes finding the right rule (and knowing what to do with it when you get there) simple. An Overview & Key Features, and a Beginner's Guide is provided for each chapter. An expert commentary is provided for each rule within each chapter. There is also a comparative table for each rule (comparing the Uniform Rule with the previous rules in the Magistrates, District and Supreme Courts) and an explanation of the changes effected by the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules.
We have also included the easiest way to access forms prescribed by the Rules, practice directions, costs and fees, relevant legislation and relevant caselaw; wherever possible, they are linked. In practical terms, this means that users can access all of that material at the click of a button, without leaving their desktop.
Our unique "Search Toolkit" function finds the information you want and takes you to the source at the click of a button.
The principal contributors to the Elegals Litigator’s Toolkit (Jackson and Pastellas) are Sheryl Jackson (former Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, QUT), and Julie Pastellas (senior lecturer, Faculty of Law, QUT). Numerous additional contributions have been made by specialist academics and private practitioners.
Subscribers are alerted to the following significant case updates
Rule 5 - application of rule - examples - adjournment of trial dates; sanction as to costs
Parbery v QNI Metals Pty Ltd [2018] QSC 276 (21.11.2018)
Rule 214 - practice directions - electronic disclosure
Parbery v QNI Metals Pty Ltd [2018] QSC 276 (21.11.2018)
Rule 5 - dismissal of proceeding as sanction for breach - guillotine order for permanent stay
Day v Woolworths Limited [2018] QSC 266 (16.11.2018)
Rule 681 - general rule about costs - costs orders against two or more persons
Brose v Baluskas (No 2) [2018] QDC 239 (16.11.2018)
Rule 376 - r 376(4) - general principles
Firstmac Ltd v Hunt & Hunt (a firm) [2018] QSC 258 (9.11.2018)
Rule 387 - when amendment takes effect - implications for limitation periods
Firstmac Ltd v Hunt & Hunt (a firm) [2018] QSC 258 (9.11.2018)
Rule 671 - prerequisite for security for costs - burden of proof
Monto Coal 2 Pty Ltd v Sanrus Pty Ltd [2018] QCA 309 (9.11.2018)
Rule 671 - prerequisite for security for costs - corporation unlikely to be able to pay defendant's cost - reason to believe
Monto Coal 2 Pty Ltd v Sanrus Pty Ltd [2018] QCA 309 (9.11.2018)
Rule 671 - prerequisite for security for costs - corporation unlikely to be able to pay defendant's cost - will be unable to pay
Monto Coal 2 Pty Ltd v Sanrus Pty Ltd [2018] QCA 309 (9.11.2018)
Rule 445 - exchange of correspdence instead of affidavit evidence - respondent's reply - extent of obligation to provide explanation
Zavodny v Couper (No 2) [2018] QSC 259 (9.11.2018)
Rule 39 - change of venue by court order
Clark v Ernest Henry Mining Pty Ltd [2018] QSC 253 (7.11.2018)
Rule 681 - general rule about costs - when another order may be appropriate - departure from general rule - illustrations - intervenors
Aurizon Network Pty Ltd v Queensland Competition Authority (No 2) [2018] QSC 250 (5.11.2018)
Rule 376 - amendment after limitation period - r 376(4) - the same or substantially the same facts
Bluefin Seafoods Pty Ltd v Fraswer Coast Regional Council [2018] QCA 300 (2.11.2018)
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