Supreme Court Amendment Rules 2016

Alan Michael Blow

Chief Justice

Shan Eve Tennent

Puisne Judge

Helen Marie Wood

Puisne Judge

Michael Joseph Brett

Puisne Judge

Countersigned,

Jim Connolly

Registrar

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

Notified in the Gazette on 28 December 2016

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 Supreme Court Rules 2000 by –

(a) providing that the Public Guardian rather than the DPP is the litigation guardian of last resort; and

(b) providing that the Court's vacation period is excluded from the reckoning of time only for limited purposes under the rules, not the rules generally; and

(c) revising provisions relating to the making and acceptance of offers of compromise, with particular regard to the issue of costs.