Schedule 2 to the Principal Rules is rescinded.

A. M. BLOW

Chief Justice

H. M. WOOD

Puisne Judge

S. P. ESTCOURT

Puisne Judge

R. W. PEARCE

Puisne Judge

M. J. BRETT

Puisne Judge

G. P GEASON

Puisne Judge

Countersigned,

J. A. CONNOLLY

Registrar

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 20 December 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the rule)

These Rules of Court amend the Supreme Court Rules 2000 by –

(a) allowing for a party to make an offer of compromise in relation to their own costs; and

(b) updating the provisions relating to service of an originating process and other documents outside Australia; and

(c) revising the scale of fees to be allowed to practitioners, including the addition of a new fee relating to the application of skill, care and responsibility by a practitioner; and

(d) removing the schedule of court fees and percentages consequent on the commencement of the Supreme Court (Fees) Rules 2017 .