Supreme Court Act 1970 Supreme Court Rules (Amendment No 248) 1990 (1990-734) [GG No 148 of 16.11.1990] (NSW)

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1990 - NO. 734

SUPREME COURT ACT 1970 - RULE

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 148 of 16 November 1990]

SUPREME COURT RULES (AMENDMENT No. 248) 1990

1.      These rules are made by the Rule Committee on 12 November 1990.

2.
(a)

Part 52 rule 17 (4) be".

(b)

Part 52 rule 17 (5) shall, subject to rule 24, be".

(c)

Part 52 rule 24 (1) (b) Omit the paragraph.

(d)

Part 52 rule 24 (3) (d) After "sum" insert “more than $10,000 but".

3. The Supreme Court Rules 1970 are further amended as follows -

Part 15 rule 11

Omit the rule and insert instead -

Conditions precedent

11 Where it is a condition precedent necessary for the case of a

party in any pleading that -

(a) a thing has been done; (b) and event has happened;

(c)

the party is and has been at all material times ready and willing to perform an obligation; or

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(d)

the party was at all material times ready and willing to perform an obligation,

a statement that -

(e) the thing has been done; (f) the event has happened;

(g)

the party is and has been at all material times ready and willing to perform the obligation, or

(h)

the party was at all material times ready and willing to perform the obligation,

shall be implied in the pleading.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note does not form part of the rules)

1.     The purposes of the above Amendments are -

(a) to make it clear that the rule relating to reduced or no costs for small

claims overrides the whole of the rule relating to costs on offer of compromise (See Pivot Group Limited v. State of N.S.W., Cole, J. 3-8-90) (paragraph 2);

(b) to widen the implication in pleadings relating to conditions precedent (paragraph 3).

2.    Words or figures underlined in the above rules are intended to be represented

in italics if printed.

M. A. BLAY, Secretary of the Rule Committee.

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