CIVIL
PROCEDURE AND
POLICY EXAM
, The System of Legal Justice
The new proceduralism
• Introduction to the system of civil justice
• Mechanisms of civil procedure
• Adversarial trial system
• Impact of case management principles
• New proceduralism
• Social function of procedural law
• Crisis and problems
• People
• Reform
• Utilitarianism
• Benthamite utilitarianism
• Rawlsian utilitarianism
• Proportionate justice
• Distributive justice
• Overarching principle
• Judicial involvement
The Victorian Court Hierarchy
• Introduction
• Jurisdiction of the courts
• Magistrates Court in Victoria
• VCAT
• The County Court
• The Supreme Court
, Commencement of Proceedings
Background
• General
• Letter of demand
• Proper identification of parties
• Date of originating process
• Vexatious litigants
• Describing parties
• Representative capacity
• Addresses of parties and solicitors
• Time of commencement of proceedings
• Victoria
Commencing proceedings
• Originating process
• Writ
• General indorsement
• Special indorsement – statement of claim
• Pleading to service of an originating process
• Originating motion
• Renewal of writ and time for service
• Application to extend period of validity
• Form of order
• Renewing the originating process after expiry of the limitation period
• The position in Victoria
• Summons
, Service of Process
Service of Process
• Introduction
• History
• Personal service
• Service and jurisdiction
• Manner of process
• Service by agreement
• Time requirements
• Personal service on a corporation
• Service on an unregistered corporation
• Partners, partnerships and business name
• Agents
• Service on particular defendants
• Motor vehicle personal injuries
• Proof of service
• Service of defendant in another State or Territory (or Country)
• Ordinary service
• Failure to state an address for service
• Informal service
• Substituted service
• Jurisdiction where agent served
• Setting aside a service
• Victoria not a convenient forum
• Inappropriate forum
PROCEDURE AND
POLICY EXAM
, The System of Legal Justice
The new proceduralism
• Introduction to the system of civil justice
• Mechanisms of civil procedure
• Adversarial trial system
• Impact of case management principles
• New proceduralism
• Social function of procedural law
• Crisis and problems
• People
• Reform
• Utilitarianism
• Benthamite utilitarianism
• Rawlsian utilitarianism
• Proportionate justice
• Distributive justice
• Overarching principle
• Judicial involvement
The Victorian Court Hierarchy
• Introduction
• Jurisdiction of the courts
• Magistrates Court in Victoria
• VCAT
• The County Court
• The Supreme Court
, Commencement of Proceedings
Background
• General
• Letter of demand
• Proper identification of parties
• Date of originating process
• Vexatious litigants
• Describing parties
• Representative capacity
• Addresses of parties and solicitors
• Time of commencement of proceedings
• Victoria
Commencing proceedings
• Originating process
• Writ
• General indorsement
• Special indorsement – statement of claim
• Pleading to service of an originating process
• Originating motion
• Renewal of writ and time for service
• Application to extend period of validity
• Form of order
• Renewing the originating process after expiry of the limitation period
• The position in Victoria
• Summons
, Service of Process
Service of Process
• Introduction
• History
• Personal service
• Service and jurisdiction
• Manner of process
• Service by agreement
• Time requirements
• Personal service on a corporation
• Service on an unregistered corporation
• Partners, partnerships and business name
• Agents
• Service on particular defendants
• Motor vehicle personal injuries
• Proof of service
• Service of defendant in another State or Territory (or Country)
• Ordinary service
• Failure to state an address for service
• Informal service
• Substituted service
• Jurisdiction where agent served
• Setting aside a service
• Victoria not a convenient forum
• Inappropriate forum
