Case Management NSW Courts

We believe it is critical for litigants to understand how the case management process works as it is not as you might expect. Modern case management principles take the view that the court, not the parties, is in control of the proceedings and a failure to comply with the timetable carries penalties. We help you: understand the requirements, take notice of key dates arrange appearances at the court mentions.

We have appeared at directions hearings since 2002 for our clients. Let us help you manage your case right from the start in the Local, District or Supreme Court or Federal Court.

Our firm is committed to handling the case management process with competence and trust whilst all the while remaining accessible to you as our client. With more than 10 years’ worth of experience in providing litigants in Sydney with legal advice and services in respect of Local, District and Supreme Court commercial litigation we should be able to answer most of your questions about case management and handle the required appearances either by ourselves (or by instructing Counsel) enabling you to focus on what inspires you.

Let Us Help You:-

  • know the important Court dates and events in your matter
  • understand the requirements of the Civil Procedure Act 2005, the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, the Supreme Court act 1970, the District Court Act 1973, the Local Court Act 2007 as they may apply to your case
  • know your obligations as a litigant under the Supreme Court Practice Notes, District Court Practice Notes, Local Court Practice Notes
  • place your matter in a specialist list, under UCPR 45.9, should that be appropriate
  • inform the Court of what it may need to know by us getting timely instructions from you
  • brief Counsel early on so your barrister is there from the beginning
  • take the stress out of attending Court by having us appear (or instruct) at the directions hearings to facilitate the just, quick and cheap resolution of the real issues in dispute
  • reduce the delays between the time of commencement and finalising proceedings to help keep the costs of a matter proportional to its complexity and importance
  • comply with the Court time-table and stick to important dates so as to reduce the chance of non-compliance orders under section 61 (3) (CPA) that permits the court to dismiss the proceedings, strike out the claim, strike out a defence, and make orders that one party pays some or all of the other party's costs for when the time-table is breached
  • explain to the Court your views about mediation to comply with the requirements of practice notes such as Practice Note DC (Civil) 1.
  • address the Court on matters concerning expert evidence under UCPR 31.20 such as when the reports need to be served, whether there is a need to limit the number of experts to be called on an issue, the need for a single expert or for there to be a Court appointed expert and any need for the need for experts to confer.
  • agree, so far as possible, on consent orders with the other side on a timetable to take the matter to trial with as few directions hearings as possible
  • get your affidavit evidence ready to be served on the other party
  • be ready for your hearing

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