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CIVIL PRACTICE (70104)

AUTUMN 2020

Learning Guide CONTENTS A.

Required Reading ............................................................................................. 2

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Themes of this course ...................................................................................... 3

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Communicating with teaching staff ................................................................. 4

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Lecture Program ............................................................................................... 5

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Tutorial Program .............................................................................................. 6 Reading list ...................................................................................................... 8

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Task 1 – Essay: Information .......................................................................... 14

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Task 1 – Essay: FAQs .................................................................................... 17

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Task 1 – Essay: Self-assessment .................................................................... 18

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Task 1 – Essay Assessment: Criteria and feedback ....................................... 19 Task 1 – Essay: Questions ............................................................................. 20

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Task 2 – Tutorials: Information ..................................................................... 21

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Task 2 – Tutorials: Self-assessment Form ..................................................... 23

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Task 2 – Reflective Statement presentation feedback ................................... 24

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Task 2 – Lightning Talk Presentation Feedback ............................................ 25 Task 2 – Case Note Presentation Feedback ................................................... 26

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Task 2 – Presentation Topics ......................................................................... 27

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Task 2 – Record of Attending a Different Tutorial ........................................ 29

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Task 3 – Sample Exam................................................................................... 30

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Law Graduate Attributes ................................................................................ 35

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REQUIRED READING

Required Reading Much of what you need in this subject will be provided in lectures, tutorials and via UTS Online. Content that will be made available Via UTS Online for this subject will be: • • • •

Lecture recordings Lecture slides Links to some cases and articles Tutorial materials

On occasion you might be asked to retrieve cases and articles via the library databases. In order to prepare for lectures and tutorials, please see the Lecture Program and Tutorial Program in this Learning Guide. Announcements will be made in advance of tutorials with instructions for how to prepare. There is a textbook out of which specified readings are allocated each week: Miiko Kumar, Michael Legg, Ilija Vickovich, and James Metzger, Civil Procedure in New South Wales (Lawbook Co, 4th edition, 2020). This textbook is compulsory. Copies can be bought from the Zookal, Booktopia, or direct from the publisher via this link: https://legal.thomsonreuters.com.au/student/university/uts/.

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THEMES OF THIS COURSE

The overriding purpose of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), found in section 56. The impact that technology is having on civil legal practice. Sometimes a lawyer’s duty to the court may seem to conflict with the lawyer’s duty to their client.

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COMMUNICATING WITH TEACHING STAFF

Emails to the Subject Coordinator must be addressed to [email protected] Please include a Subject that starts: Civil Practice – [subject of email].

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D. Week

Date

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12/03/2020

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19/03/2020 Lecture 1 1 hour

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26/03/2020 Lecture 2 1 hour

LECTURE PROGRAM

Lecture topic Preparation Week No lecture in this subject Lecture 1 Introduction, Guiding Principles, Case Management, and Overriding Purpose

Lecture 2 Indigenous Civil Justice (guest lecture, daytime lecture only) Access to Justice and Open Justice (evening lecture only) ***You are encouraged to attend the guest lecture, but recordings of each lecture will be available for those who are unable to attend both lectures***

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2/04/2020 Lecture 3 1 hour

Lecture 3 Legal Technology (guest lecture, daytime lecture only) Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Jurisdiction, and Limitation Periods (evening lecture only) ***You are encouraged to attend the guest lecture, but recordings of each lecture will be available for those who are unable to attend both lectures***

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9/04/2020 Lecture 4 1 hour 16/04/2020 Lecture 5 1 hour 23/04/2020 30/04/2020 Lecture 6 1 hour 7/05/2020 Lecture 7 1 hour 14/05/2020 Lecture 8 1 hour 21/05/2020 Lecture 9 1 hour 28/05/2020 Lecture 10 1 hour 4/06/2020 Lecture 11 1 hour

Lecture 4 Initiating Proceedings, Commencing Litigation, Joining Parties and Causes of Action, and Drafting Pleadings Lecture 5 Service No lecture – Mid-Session StuVac Lecture 6 Evidence in Proceedings Lecture 7 Interlocutory Applications and Injunctions Lecture 8 Costs and Settlement Lecture 9 Strike-out, Summary Disposal, and Vexatious Litigants Lecture 10 Enforcing Judgments ***Online lecture only for this week*** Lecture 11 Appeals

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E. Week 1

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Date (week commencing)

TUTORIAL PROGRAM

Tutorial topic

9/03/2020

Watch videos on access to justice and legal technology

16/03/2020 Tutorial 1 2 hours 23/03/2020 Tutorial 2 2 hours

Tutorial 1 Buzz group discussion re ‘just, quick & cheap’ Overriding purpose problem question Tutorial 2 Access to justice question Open justice question The truth about dishonesty – why do professionals lie? Tutorial 3 Group discussion: Negotiation and approaches to dispute resolution ADR problem question Legal research activity: drafting case notes Tutorial 4 Negotiation theory discussion and negotiation activity

30/03/2020 Tutorial 3 2 hours 06/04/2020 Tutorial 4 2 hours 13/04/2020 Tutorial 5 2 hours (note: alternative tutorial will be scheduled for Easter Monday classes) 20/04/2020 27/04/2020 Tutorial 6 2 hours

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4/05/2020 Tutorial 7 2 hours

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11/05/2020 Tutorial 8 2 hours

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18/05/2020 Tutorial 9 2 hours

Tutorial 5 Reflective Statement and Lightning Talk presentations Jurisdiction problem question Amending a defective pleading activity

No classes – Mid-Session StuVac Tutorial 6 Reflective Statement, Lightning Talk and Case Note presentations Joining causes of action and parties problem question Service problem question Tutorial 7 Reflective Statement, Lightning Talk and Case Note presentations Evidence problem question Discovery law reform discussion: Does discovery enable or hinder justice? Tutorial 8 Reflective Statement, Lightning Talk and Case Note presentations Interlocutory applications problem question Injunctions problem question Tutorial 9 Reflective Statement, Lightning Talk and Case Note presentations Costs and settlement problem question Policy debate: ‘Is settlement in the public interest?’

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25/05/2020 Tutorial 10 2 hours

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2/06/2020 Tutorial 11 2 hours

Tutorial 10 Reflective Statement, Lightning Talk and Case Note presentations Summary disposal/strike out problem question Vexatious litigants problem question Revisiting ‘access to justice’ discussion: How is civil procedure law an enabler and barrier to justice? Tutorial 11 Reflective Statement, Lightning Talk and Case Note presentations Enforcement problem question Appeals problem question Reflective discussion: Notes to (future civil legal practitioner) self

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READING LIST

Please note that ‘optional reading’ is not mandatory and is not examinable. It has been listed for the benefit of students who might be interested in pursuing the social justice dimensions of Civil Practice which we cannot always explore in full depth during class time. Preparation Week Please view the following videos. They provide an introduction to some foundational concepts and ideas that we will revisit throughout the session. Access to Justice Video produced by Community Legal Centres NSW: Why is Access to Justice Important? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHwP0LJCcGw Video produced by Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity: Barriers to Access to Justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZY-BaC4qWM Video produced by Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity: Barriers to Access to Justice for Migrant and Refugee Women https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHlgSPeit-g Podcast produced by ABC Radio National Law Report on The Culture Gap in the Law’: recording of panel discussion organised by the Asian Australian Lawyers Association and the Muslim Legal Network held at Ashurst Melbourne https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lawreport/diversity-in-the-legalprofession-panel/11589024 Legal Technology Videos from Law Society of NSW FLIP Inquiry video library Warwick Soden OAM, Registrar, CEO, Federal Court of Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGpgsJRqgU&t=0s&index=10&list=PLxPsSEmBvKdsLdBO5Tsn3t2wlZ6Y0wJ5O Beth Patterson, Chief Legal and Technology Officer, Allens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_VIGDyx_aY&t=0s&index=12&list=PLxPsSEmBvKd sLdBO5Tsn3t2wlZ6Y0wJ5O

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Webinar: Beyond the Hype: AI (Artificial Intelligence) in Legal Research, 16 February 2017 Please note that the audio commences at 1 min, 20 seconds. Featuring: Andrew Arruda (CEO and cofounder of ROSS Intelligence), William Caraher (Chief Information Officer at van Briesen & Roper S.C), and Beth Patterson (Chief Legal & Technology Services Officer at Allens) http://www.iltanet.org/viewdocument/beyond-the-hype-artificial-intelli?ssopc=1

Lecture 1

Introduction, Guiding Principles, Case Management, and Overriding

Legislation Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) – ss 56-61 Reading Kumar, Legg, Vickovich, and Metzger, Civil Procedure in New South Wales (2020): • Chapter 1: [1.20] – [1.140] • Chapter 2: [2.10] – [2.270]

Lecture 2

Access to Justice, Open Justice, and Indigenous Civil Justice

Reading Kumar, Legg, Vickovich, and Metzger, Civil Procedure in New South Wales (2020): • Chapter 1: [1.150] – [1.200], [1.240] – [1.298] Christine Coumarelos et al, Legal Australia-Wide Survey: Legal Need in New South Wales (Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales, 2012) xli-xxiv http://www.lawfoundation.net.au/ljf/site/templates/LAW_NSW/$file/LAW_Survey_NS W.pdf Larissa Behrendt and Norman Laing, ‘Aboriginal Access to Civil Law Remedies’ (2007) 82 (September/October) Precedent 16 (access via library databases). Chris Cunneen and Melanie Schwartz, ‘Civil and Family Law Needs of Indigenous People in New South Wales: The Priority Areas’ (2009) 32(3) University of New South Wales Law Journal 725 https://www.jcu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/121323/jcu_131387.pdf. Optional reading: Australian Law Reform Commission, Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws: Final Report, ALRC Report 124, August 2014, 210-224 https://www.alrc.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alrc_124_whole_pdf_file.pdf Inner City Legal Centre, Outing Justice project, https://www.iclc.org.au/outing-injustice/ Law Council of Australia, The Justice Project, https://www.lawcouncil.asn.au/justiceproject/access-to-justice

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MOSAIC (Justice Connect) and Redfern Legal Centre, NSW Migrants’ Unmet Legal Needs (2014) https://rlc.org.au/sites/default/files/attachments/NSW%20Migrants%27%20Unmet%20 Legal%20Needs%20MOSAIC%20RLC.pdf NSW Law and Justice Foundation, Access to Justice and Legal Needs Program (various reports) http://www.lawfoundation.net.au/ljf/app/54A6A9F9FFD485F0CA25746400187A24.html

Lecture 3

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Jurisdiction, and Limitation Periods

Legislation Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) – Parts 4 and 5 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) - Part 20 Reading Kumar, Legg, Vickovich, and Metzger, Civil Procedure in New South Wales (2020): • Chapter 4: [4.10] – [4.304] • Chapter 5: [5.20] – [5.50], [5.230] – [5.240], [5.280], [5.300] • Chapter 6: [6.10] – [6.80] NADRAC, Indigenous Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management (January 2006) https://www.ag.gov.au/LegalSystem/AlternateDisputeResolution/Documents/NADRAC %20Publications/Indigenous%20Dispute%20Resolution%20and%20Conflict%20Manage ment.PDF Optional reading (to pursue further interest): Larissa Behrendt and Loretta Kelly, Resolving Indigenous Disputes: Land Conflict and Beyond (The Federation Press, 2008) pp 86-137. Chris Cunneen and Julia Grix, ‘The Limitations of Litigation in Stolen Generations Cases’ (Research Paper No 15, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2004), pts 1, 5, 6. https://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/products/discussion_paper/cunneenc-grixjdp15-limitations-litigation-stolen-generation-cases_0.pdf Andrea Durbach, Luke McNamara, Simon Rice, and Mark Riz, ‘Public Interest Litigation: Making the Case in Australia’ (2013) 38(4) Alternative Law Journal 219 https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1414&context=gsbpapers NSW Government Department of Justice, Discussion Paper: Limitation Periods in Civil Claims for Child Sexual Abuse (January 2015) https://www.justice.nsw.gov.au/justicepolicy/Documents/Discussion%20paper%20on% 20amendments%20to%20Limitations%20Act%201969.pdf

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Lecture 4

Initiating Proceedings, Commencing Litigation, Joining Parties and Causes of Action, and Drafting Pleadings

Legislation Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) – Parts 6, 14, and 15 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) – Schedule 2 Cl 4 Reading Kumar, Legg, Vickovich, and Metzger, Civil Procedure in New South (2020): • Chapter 7: [7.60] – [7.190], [7.415] • Chapter 9: [9.10] – [9.20], [9.60] – [9.115], [9.140] – [9.240], [9.260], [9.280] – [9.370]

Lecture 5

Service

Legislation Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) – Parts 6, 10, 11 Reading Kumar, Legg, Vickovich, and Metzger, Civil Procedure in New South Wales (2020): • Chapter 11: [11.10] – [11.20], [11.70], [11.100], [11.120] – [11.130], [11.150], [11.190], [11.210] – [11.270], [11.360] – [11.410], [11.440], [11.460]

Lecture 6

Evidence in Proceedings

Legislation Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) – Parts 18, 25, 31, 33, 34, 35 and 51 (Rules 60 and 61) Reading Kumar, Legg, Vickovich, and Metzger, Civil Procedure in New South Wales (2020): • Chapter 12: [12.10] – [12.50], [12.70] – [12.80], [12.110], [12.150] – [12.230], [12.260], [12.351] – [12.360], [12.380] – [12.390], [12.460] • Chapter 13: [13.50] – [13.13.60], [13.110], [13.160] – [13.190], [13.200] – [13.210], [13.620]

Lecture 7

Interlocutory Applications and Injunctions

Legislation Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) – Parts 18, 25, 31, 33, 34, 35 and 51 (Rules 60 and 61) Reading Kumar, Legg & Vickovich, Civil Procedure in New South (2016): • Chapter 3: [3.410] – [3.440] • Chapter 6: [6.163] – [6.190] – [1.90], [6.210] – [6.220], [6.240] – [6.250] 11

Lecture 8

Costs and Settlement

Legislation Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) – Part 42 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) – Schedule 2 Reading Kumar, Legg & Vickovich, Civil Procedure in New South (2016): • Chapter 3: [3.10] – [3.60], [3.100], [3.120] – [3.310], [3.350] – [3.370] • Chapter 15: [15.210] – [15.260] Optional reading (to pursue further interest): Australian Law Reform Commission, Costs Shifting: Who Pays for Litigation?, ALRC Report 75 (1995) https://www.alrc.gov.au/inquiry/costs-shifting/ Community Law Australia, Unaffordable and Out of Reach: The Problem of Access to the Australian Legal System (2015) http://www.communitylawaustralia.org.au/wpcontent/uploads/2012/07/CLA_Report_Final.pdf Chris Cunneen and Julia Grix, ‘The Limitations of Litigation in Stolen Generations Cases’ (Research Paper No 15, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2004) https://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/products/discussion_paper/cunneenc-grixjdp15-limitations-litigation-stolen-generation-cases_0.pdf pt 8.

Justice Rachel Pepper and Justice Nicola Pain, ‘Legal Costs Considerations in Public Interest Climate Change Litigation’ http://www.lec.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Speeches%20and%20Papers/Pep perJ/Pepper%20J,%20Pain%20J%20%20Legal%20Costs%20Considerations%20in%20Public%20Interest%20Climate% 20Change%20Litigation.pdf Lecture 9

Strike-out, Summary Disposal, and Vexatious Litigants

Legislation Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) – Parts 12, 16 Reading Kumar, Legg & Vickovich, Civil Procedure in New South (2016): • Chapter 9: [9.380] – [9.420] • Chapter 15: [15.10] – [15.190] Optional reading (to pursue further interest): Megan Dillon, ‘Australia’s “vexatious litigants” are diverse – they include a mass killer and an inventor’, ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-27/more-than-100people-declared-australian-vexatious-litigants/11225640 12

Emma Fitch and Patricia Easteal, ‘Vexatious Litigation in Family Law and Coercive Control: Ways to Improve Legal Remedies and Better Protect the Victims’ (2017) 7 Family Law Review 103 Didi Herman, ‘Hopeless Cases: Race, Racism and the “Vexatious Litigant”’, (2012) 8(1) International Journal of Law in Context 27 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6244/090bf3f3702cd265d85c72ae2f79f587d192.pdf Victoria Parliament Law Reform Committee, Inquiry into Vexatious Litigants https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/249-lawreform/inquiry-into-vexatious-litigants

Lecture 10

Enforcing Judgments

Legislation Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) – Parts 36, 37, 38, 39 Reading Kumar, Legg, Vickovich, and Metzger, Civil Procedure in New South Wales (2020): • Chapter 15: [15.410] – [15.620]

Lecture 11

Appeals

Legislation Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) – Parts 50, 51 Reading Kumar, Legg, Vickovich, and Metzger, Civil Procedure in New South Wales (2020): • Chapter 15: [15.285] – [15.390]

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TASK 1 – ESSAY: INFORMATION

CIVIL PRACTICE ESSAY DRAFT ESSAY DUE: FINAL ESSAY DUE: WEIGHT:

6 April 2020 28 April 2020 40%

WORD COUNT • Maximum 3,000 words (not including footnotes and bibliography). • There will be a leeway of 10% for the word count. WRITING, RESEARCH AND REFERENCING Please take careful note of the advice set out in the bulletpoints below, and check your draft essays against these points (and the essay criteria) prior to submission. 1. A vital first step is: read and reflect on the question. Be very clear on what the question is asking of you and how you will approach your research and writing to ensure you are answering the specific essay question. ...