Supreme Court Amendment Rules 2007 (TAS)

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Supreme Court Amendment Rules 2007

We, the Honourable Peter George Underwood, Officer of the Order of Australia, Chief Justice, and the Honourable Ewan Charles Crawford, the Honourable Pierre William Slicer and the Honourable Peter Ethrington Evans, Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, on the recommendation of the Rule Committee, make the following Rules of Court under the Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932 .

1Short titleThese Rules of Court may be cited as the Supreme Court Amendment Rules 2007 . 2CommencementThese Rules of Court take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal RulesIn these Rules of Court, the Supreme Court Rules 2000 are referred to as the Principal Rules. 4Rule 5 amended (Interpretation) Rule 5 of the Principal Rules is amended by inserting after the definition of Convention country the following definition: corporation has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act; 5Rule 32 amended (Indexes of judgments, orders and files) Rule 32 of the Principal Rules is amended as follows: (a) by omitting paragraph (a) from subrule (1) ; (b) by omitting subrules (3) and (4) and substituting the following subrule: (3)  An index or register referred to in subrule (1) is to be accessible to the public during office hours on payment of the prescribed fee. 6Rule 239 rescinded Rule 239 of the Principal Rules is rescinded. 7Part 7, Division 18A insertedAfter rule 263 of the Principal Rules , the following Division is inserted in Part 7: Division 18ADefamation actions 263APleadings to give necessary particulars (1)  A pleading in a defamation action must give such particulars of any claim, defence or other matter pleaded by the party as are necessary to enable the opposite party to identify the case that the pleading requires him or her to meet. (2)  The particulars to be given must be set out in the pleading or, if that is inconvenient, set out in a separate document referred to in the pleading and filed with the pleading. 263BAllegations in statements of claim generally (1)  A statement of claim seeking relief in relation to the publication of defamatory matter must not contain any allegation that the matter or its publication was false, malicious or unlawful. (2)  A statement of claim seeking relief in relation to the publication of defamatory matter must – (a) subject to subrule (3) , specify each imputation on which the plaintiff relies; and (b) allege that the imputation was defamatory of the plaintiff. (3)  A plaintiff in proceedings for defamation must not rely on 2 or more imputations alleged to be made by the defendant by means of the same publication of the same matter unless the imputations differ in substance. (4)  The particulars required by rule 263A(1) in relation to a statement of claim seeking relief in relation to the publication of defamatory matter must include the following: (a) particulars of any publication on which…

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