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MAGISTRATES COURT (CIVIL PROCEEDINGS) RULES 2005 - REG 41D

41D .         Amending a case statement

        (1)         If a registrar or the Court allows a party to amend its case statement, the party must, together with the amended case statement, lodge and serve a statutory declaration in accordance with subrule (2) or (3).

        (2)         If the party is not represented by a lawyer, the statutory declaration must be made by the party and must state that —

            (a)         any new or amended allegations of fact in the case statement are true to the best of the party’s belief; and

            (b)         the case statement is not frivolous, vexatious, scandalous or improper.

        (3)         If the party is represented by a lawyer, the statutory declaration must be made by the party’s lawyer and must state that —

            (a)         the party has instructed the lawyer that all of the allegations of fact in the amended case statement are true and correct; and

            (b)         all the arguments raised in the amended case statement are, in the opinion of the lawyer, reasonable; and

            (c)         in the opinion of the lawyer the amended case statement is not frivolous, vexatious, scandalous or improper.

        [Rule 41D inserted in Gazette 3 Jun 2008 p. 2131‑2.]



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