Various jurisdictions are beginning to grapple with the appropriate use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) by parties and legal practitioners in the court system. What are the requirements for legal practitioners in Victoria? What are other jurisdictions doing?
Read MoreThe County Court has released a new Commercial Division Practice Note ‘Operation and Management of the Commercial Division’ PNCO 1 – 2019 (updated as at 26 March 2019) which supercedes eight previous practice notes. It deals with most issues concerning the running of commercial matters.
The new practice note puts the County Court Commercial Division on a competitive footing with the Supreme Court’s commercial court, offering faster trial dates (within 6 months for standard matters), an Expedited Matters List (trial dates within 4 months), trial date certainty, unlimited jurisdiction regarding quantum, and efficient disposition of interlocutory steps.
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