Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Amendment Rules 2014

These rules of court were made by the Magistrates Rule Committee at a meeting held on 4 March 2014.

M. Hill

Chief Magistrate

G. A. Hay

Member

Chris Webster

Member

Simon Cooper

Member

Olivia McTaggart

Member

Catherine Rheinberger

Member

M. Daly

Member

Mark Cameron Rapley

Member

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 12 March 2014

These rules of court are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the rule)

These rules of court amend the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Rules 1998 by –

(a) enabling a fee to be claimed for service of a claim for a debt or liquidated sum and providing for such a fee to be awarded on application for default judgment; and

(b) rescinding a superseded rule; and

(c) increasing the amounts of costs and expenses recoverable by successful litigants.