Date:

07/22/2005

Message from Megan Greenwood, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

The Civil Procedure Act and the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules are due to commence in mid to late August 2005. The Supreme Court of NSW is currently reviewing its rules and practice notes to ensure that they are consistent with the Act and rules.

To ensure consistency with the new Act and rules, current practice notes will be repealed and replaced with new practice notes. The number of practice notes will reduce to approximately 25. The attached table lists each of the proposed new practice notes. The table also explains the correlation between the new practice notes and the existing ones.




To ensure that there is proper consultation, The Chief Justice is making the draft practice notes available for comment before the commencement of the Civil Procedure Act and Uniform Civil Procedure Rules. Each of the proposed new practice notes is attached below:



Your feedback with respect to the draft practice notes is encouraged via any of the following means, by no later than 5pm, 5 August 2005.



To:	Megan Greenwood CEO and Principal Registrar Supreme Court of NSW
By post:	GPO Box 3 Sydney
By DX:	DX 829, Sydney
By e-mail:	supreme_court@courts.nsw.gov.au


Should you have any queries regarding the draft policy that cannot be resolved by referring to the consultation paper, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours faithfully,
Megan Greenwood
Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar