Civil Procedure - EXAM NOTES (high distinction)

Description

Contents (overview) - Introduction; Case Management - Before Commencing; Preliminary Discovery (identity/whereabouts; prospective D; non-party documents) - Joinder of Plaintiffs/Defendants; Causes of Action; Setting Aside Joinder - Commencing Proceedings (originating process, filing, required info, wrong process, personal service) - Service: personal (NSW/companies), interstate, overseas; objections; substituted/stale; ordinary service; acceptance/agreements; exceptions - Pleadings & Particulars; Striking Out; Amendments (SOC/defence/reply/cross-claims/OP post-limitation); Appearance; Cross-claims - Evidence Tools: Notices to Produce; Discovery; Interrogatories; Objections; Subpoenas; Adjournments - Concluding Proceedings: Default & Summary Judgment; Summary Dismissal; Non-appearance; Want of Prosecution; Offers of Compromise (UCPR); Calderbank; Consent Orders; Court powers - Universal & General Principles: Tutors/incapacity; Estoppel; CPA & UCPR (s 56, s 57, s 58, s 59, r ); Dispensing powers; Discretion; Procedural irregularities; Notices of Motion & Affidavits