LA4022:03
Civil Procedure
Townsville
Prerequisites: Level 3 LA subjects
39 lectures, 7 tutorials. First semester.
Available to LLB students.
An overview of the civil process in the Supreme Court; fundamental principles of civil procedure; jurisdiction; parties and joinder; limitation periods; commencing proceedings; workers compensation and motor vehicle insurance scheme; pleadings; errors and defaults; discovery; trial; costs; alternative dispute resolution.
Learning Objectives:
- to provide students with a sound understanding of the principles of civil procedure as they are implemented in Queensland;
- to develop competency in quickly assimilating the practices and rules of courts and tribunals using the common law model.
Assessment by examination and assignment or oral presentation (100%) (subject to variation).
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