Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

COURT PROCEDURES RULES 2006 - REG 5857

    (1)     The written case of a party must—

        (a)     have a title that includes the title of the proceeding; and

        (b)     identify the party; and

        (c)     have consecutively numbered paragraphs; and

        (d)     state the issues; and

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

        (f)     if there is to be a challenge to any of the findings of fact of the entity appealed from, state—

              (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

        (g)     include a chronology of the facts; and

        (h)     include a list of authorities, legislation and texts relied on by the party that identifies them in accordance with rule 5139 (3) (Appeals to Supreme Court—list of authorities, legislation and texts).

    (2)     If the written case relies on a matter in another document, a copy of the document must accompany the case and the case must—

        (a)     for a document mentioned in subrule (1) (h)—identify the document as mentioned in that paragraph; and

        (b)     for a transcript—identify the relevant parts by page and line; and

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

    (3)     A written case must be—

        (a)     clear and legible; and

        (b)     if filed in paper form—securely fastened but need not be bound.