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Practice Notes issued by the Chief Justice

No. 7. The Law Term

Practice Note No 7 issued on 8 April 1994 is revoked and the following Practice Note No 7 is substituted.

1. The Law Term is the period beginning on the first Monday in February and ending on the last Friday before 23 December.
2. A matter will not be set down for hearing outside the Law Term, unless the Court otherwise orders.
3. To obtain a hearing outside the Law Term, a party must lodge with the Registry:

   (a) an affidavit, in addition to any other documentation that the Rules require to be filed, setting out the reasons why a hearing is sought outside the Law Term; and
   (b) a draft of the order sought for a hearing outside the Law Term.

MEJ BLACK
Chief Justice

24 March 2003

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