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LA4022:03

Civil Procedure

Townsville, Cairns

HECS Band 3

39 hours lectures, 7 hours tutorials. Semester 2.

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 by examining their implementation;

to develop competency in quickly assimilating the practices and rules of courts and tribunals using the common law model.

Assessment by examination (70%); assignment (30%) (subject to variation).