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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 700A - Estates of deceased persons and trusts
Roberts v Pollock (No 2) [2019] QSC 188 (5.8.2019)
Rule 72 - party becomes bankrupt, person with impaired capacity or dies during proceeding - "further step" in the "proceeding"
Edwards v Pepper Finance Corporation Limited [2019] QCA 152 (2.8.2019)
Rule 681 - general rule about costs - costs orders against non-parties - solicitors - case examples
Albury v Sammut (No 2) [2019] QSC 182 (26.7.2019)
Rule 77A - representative proceedings in Supreme Court - discontinuance of proceeding in particular circumstances
Motlap v East Coast Laywers Pty Ltd [2019] QSC 183 (26.7.2019)
Rule 157 - particulars in pleadings - disclosure before particulars
Brisbane Survey Group Pty Ltd v McBurnie [2019] QDC 121 (23.7.2019)
Rule 116 - substitued service - affidavit evidence; obligation to disclose
Heritage Bank Limited v Gleeson [2019] QDC 119 (25.6.2019)
Rule 5 - philosophy - overriding obligations of parties and court - application of rule - examples - opportunity to present case; expert evidence
Sanrus Pty Ltd v Monto Coal 2 Pty Ltd [2019] QSC 162 (18.6.2019)
Rule 427 - expert evidence - purpose of rule; discretion informed by rule 5
Sanrus Pty Ltd v Monto Coal 2 Pty Ltd [2019] QSC 162 (18.6.2019)
Rule 681 - general rule about costs - costs follow the event - determination of separate questions did not justify separate costs order
Lake Laurel Pty Ltd v Nichols Constructions Pty Ltd (No 3) [2019] QSC 152 (14.6.2019)
Other recent updates
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