Australian Civil Procedure, 13th Edition

This edition of Australian Civil Procedure, as with previous editions, surveys the foundational features and concepts of the Australian civil justice and civil litigation system. It examines the broad principles or guidelines that guide the court in exercising its powers and discretions under the rules of court and practice directions.

Significant developments since the publication of the previous edition are covered and include:

• constitutional implications for state and federal jurisdiction;
• developments in case flow and case management, including significant practice directions and procedural innovations;
• the association between pleadings and case management;
• amending pleadings and limitation periods;
• parties and representative proceedings;
• discovery, including oral discovery and medical examinations;
• class actions, including the common interests of group members, the financial and management implications of open and closed proceedings, concurrent and overlapping proceedings, funding class actions and funder’s commission, legal costs, settling or discontinuing a proceeding;
• summary dismissal under inherent jurisdiction;
• settlement.