Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

COURT PROCEDURES RULES 2006 (NO 29 OF 2006) - REG 406

(SCR o 23 r 2; r 4 (1), r 15 and o 29 r 2; MC(CJ)R s 100, s 101, s 106 (b) and s 110; NSW r 14.7, r 14.8, r 14.14 (1) and r 14.19; Qld r 149)

    (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.