The Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 came into effect today. The Act is available from the Parliamentary website here and it has already made its way on to AustLII here. The new Act brings the intervention order regime for non-family members into line with the one under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008. They …
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Civil Procedure Act 2010
Edit: The new government is removing the requirement that parties attend mandatory pre-litigation proceedings for debt recovery and other matters. The amendments are contained in the Civil Procedure and Legal Profession Amendment Bill 2011 currently before the parliament.The Explanatory Memorandum says,The Bill will deliver on the Government's commitment to end mandatorypre-litigation procedures for debt recovery …
Early Neutral Evaluation
Chief Magistrates' Direction No 4 of 2010 was published this week.It introduces a pilot ADR programme to run at Melbourne Magistrates' Court from the start of next month. It's exclusively for civil claims. The findings of the magistrate who presides over the hearing will not be binding on the parties. The name that has been …