Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory

Notice to Practitioners

The Law Term 2015

The Law Term of 2014 will conclude on Friday 19 December 2014.  
The Law Term of 2015 will commence on Monday 2 February 2015.

A matter will not be set down for hearing outside the Law Term except in cases of urgency or special circumstances demonstrating a need to hear the matter outside the Law Term, or in cases of bail applications.  

To obtain a hearing date for an application outside the Law Term, a party must lodge with the Registry, an affidavit, in addition to any other documentation the Rules require to be filed, setting out the reasons why a hearing is sought outside the Law Term.   An application for a hearing outside the Law Term is not to be made directly to a Judge.  

The Registry will be closed on 25, 26, 29 December 2014 and 1, 26 January 2015.  The Registry will also be closed on 30 and 31 December 2014, but will be “on call” for any genuinely urgent matters.  Contact numbers for this purpose will be provided before the end of the term.

Please note relevant dates for the following regular Court lists:

LIST TYPE	
LAST DATE FOR 2014
	
FIRST DATE FOR 2015
	
Monday return of subpoenas (civil), civil directions & Registrar’s applications  
	Monday, 15 December 2014	Monday, 2 February 2015 
at not before 11:30am	
Thursday criminal directions, non-compliance list and return of subpoenas (criminal)
	Thursday, 18 December 2014	Thursday, 5 February 2015	
Thursday civil directions and appeal directions
	Thursday, 18 December 2014
	Thursday, 5 February 2015	
Friday callovers	Friday, 19 December 2014	Friday, 6 February 2015
	
Video-Bail list
	Friday 19 December 2014	Friday, 6 February 2015	
 
Annie Glover, Registrar

13 November 2014