Supreme Court (Chapter I Interrogatories Amendment) Rules 2023 (Vic)

Supreme Court (Chapter I Interrogatories Amendment) Rules 2023

S.R. No. 123/2023

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Rule  Page

1Object

2Authorising provisions

3Commencement

4How interrogatories to be answered

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2023

S.R. No. 123/2023

Supreme Court Act 1986

Supreme Court (Chapter I Interrogatories Amendment) Rules 2023

The Judges of the Supreme Court make the following Rules:

1Object

The object of these Rules is to amend Chapter I of the Rules of the Supreme Court in relation to the form of answers to interrogatories.

2Authorising provisions

These Rules are made under section 25 of the Supreme Court Act 1986 and all other enabling powers.

3Commencement

These Rules come into operation on 15 December 2023.

4How interrogatories to be answered

After Rule 30.06(2) of the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015[1] insert—

"(3)A party interrogated shall answer each interrogatory by stating both the question and the answer to that question in the one document.".

Dated:   30 November 2023

ANNE FERGUSON, C.J.

KARIN EMERTON, P.

DAVID F. R. BEACH, J.A.

R. NIALL, J.A.

M. L. SIFRIS, J.A.

L. A. TAYLOR, J.A.

KEVIN J. A. LYONS, J.A.

C. B. BOYCE, J.A.

ANTHONY CAVANOUGH, J.

M. J. CROUCHER, J.

CHRISTOPHER W. BEALE, J.

RITA INCERTI, J.

JANE DIXON, J.

M. N. CONNOCK, J.

MELINDA RICHARDS, J.

S. J. MOORE, J.

JACINTA FORBES, J.

J. DELANY, J.

MICHAEL OSBORNE, J.

RICHARD ATTIWILL, J.

ANDREA TSALAMANDRIS, J.

LISA HANNAN, J.

P. GRAY, J.

P. MATTHEWS, J.

C. M. HARRIS, J.

A. J. WATSON, J.

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ENDNOTES

[1]

Rule 4: S.R. No. 103/2015. Reprint No. 2 as at 2 January 2018.

Reprinted to S.R. No. 127/2017. Subsequently amended by

S.R. Nos 32/2018, 33/2018, 58/2018, 131/2018, 132/2018, 168/2018, 19/2019, 21/2019, 38/2019, 73/2019, 90/2019, 122/2019, 124/2019, 29/2020, 30/2020, 57/2020, 98/2020, 16/2021, 17/2021, 105/2021, 144/2021, 34/2022, 132/2022, 133/2022, 21/2023 and 95/2023.