LAW5104

Civil procedure 506

(LAW)

Mrs T Bryant/Mr Judd Epstein

6 points + First/second semesters: Three 1-hour lectures per week + 6 hours of drafting tutorials (optional) + Summer semester: Two 2-hour lectures per week + Clayton + Corequisites: LAW2100, LAW2200

Synopsis: The major steps in litigation. Using the Rules of the Supreme Court of Victoria, the chronology of a civil proceeding from the decision to sue until the matter is ready for trial.

Assessment: Summer and Second semester: Class test: 25% + Final examination (3 hours): 75% OR alternatively final examination: 50% and either case study or drafting pleadings exercise: 25%. + First semester: Final examination (3 hours): 100%. Alternatively final examination: 75% and either drafting test or research paper: 25%.