Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

COURT PROCEDURES RULES 2006 - REG 406

    (1)     Each pleading must—

        (a)     be as brief as the nature of the case allows; and

        (b)     contain a statement in a summary form of the material facts on which the party relies but not the evidence by which the facts are to be proved; and

        (c)     state specifically any matter that if not stated specifically may take another party by surprise; and

        (d)     subject to rule 419 (Pleadings—other relief), state specifically any relief the party claims; and

        (e)     if a claim or defence under a statute is relied on—identify the specific provision of the statute.

    (2)     A party may raise a point of law in a pleading if the party also pleads the material facts in support of the point.