Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

COURT PROCEDURES RULES 2006 - REG 5138

    (1)     A party's summary of arguments must state as briefly as possible—

        (a)     the issues in the appeal; and

        (b)     an outline of the argument expected to be made on each issue, mentioning the steps in the argument and any legislation, authority or finding of fact to be relied on for each step; and

        (c)     if there is to be a challenge to any of the findings of fact of the court or tribunal—

              (i)     the claimed error (including any failure to make a finding of fact); and

              (ii)     the reasons why the party considers the finding was an error; and

              (iii)     the finding that the party considers should have been made; and

        (d)     for an appellant—a chronology of the facts; and

        (e)     if a respondent disagrees with an appellant's chronology of facts—the respondent's chronology of facts that highlights where the respondent's chronology differs from the appellant's chronology.

    (2)     If the summary relies on a matter in another document, the summary must—

        (a)     for a document mentioned in rule 5139 (3) (a) to (c)—identify the document as mentioned in the paragraphs; and

        (b)     for other documents—if relevant, identify the page of the document relied on.