Queensland Consolidated Regulations

LAND COURT RULES 2022

- Made under the Land Court Act 2000
- As at 18 March 2022
- Reg 22 of 2022

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Application of rules
   3.      Application of Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999
   4.      Main purposes of rules
   5.      Definitions

   PART 2 - STARTING PROCEEDINGS

   6.      Starting proceeding
   7.      Originating process
   8.      Service of originating process

   PART 3 - COURT SUPERVISION

           Division 1 - Rules, orders and directions

   9.      Directions hearing
   10.     Compliance with rules, orders and directions
   11.     Restriction orders

           Division 2 - Identifying issues

   12.     Statement of facts and issues

           Division 3 - Disclosure

   13.     Disclosure must be for main purpose
   14.     Disclosure

           Division 4 - Alternative dispute resolution

   15.     Land Court ADR panel

           Division 5 - Evidence

              Subdivision 1 - Preliminary

   16.     Definitions for division

              Subdivision 2 - Evidence of party or lay witnesses

   17.     Statement of evidence of party or lay witness

              Subdivision 3 - Evidence of experts

   18.     Expert
   19.     Directions generally
   20.     Duty of expert
   21.     Obligation of party who calls expert
   22.     Expert reports
   23.     Briefing experts
   24.     Joint reports
   25.     Evidence or admission from meeting of experts
   26.     Permitted communications between experts and parties
   27.     Court-directed process for experts
   28.     Disclosure of report
   29.     Evidence given by expert
   30.     Immunity

   PART 4 - ENDING PROCEEDINGS EARLY

   31.     Failure to prosecute proceedings
   32.     Discontinuance
   33.     Withdrawal
   34.     Costs

   PART 5 - HEARINGS

   35.     Oral hearing
   36.     When court may dispense with oral hearing
   37.     If proceeding not conducted by oral hearing—further information
   38.     Site inspections
   39.     List of issues in dispute

   PART 6 - JUDGMENT AND ORDERS

   40.     Judgment
   41.     Order
   42.     Registrar to give copy of court’s order and reasons
   43.     Delivery of reserved judgment or order by a different member or judicial registrar
   44.     Consent judgments and orders
   45.     Power to correct errors
   46.     Lawyer’s or agent’s delay or neglect

   PART 7 - JUDICIAL REGISTRARS

   47.     Definition for part
   48.     Matters judicial registrars may hear and decide—Act, s 29
   49.     Removal of application about relevant matter
   50.     Referral of application about relevant matter
   51.     Involvement of court as constituted by a member

   PART 8 - LAND APPEAL COURT

   52.     Parties to an appeal
   53.     Inclusion, removal or substitution of party

   PART 9 - LAND COURT REGISTRY

   54.     Electronic filing, giving, making or issuing of documents
   55.     Registrar may issue notice

   PART 10 - REPEAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISION

           Division 1 - Repeal

   56.     Repeal

           Division 2 - Transitional provision

   57.     Application of rules
           SCHEDULE 1