

There are sixteen main causes of action and five supplementary causes of action. See also ' costs' and ' taxation'.Ī technical term used in the Federal Court's electronic case management system to classify proceedings commenced with the Court. To have the amount of these costs quantified, the successful party drafts a "bill of costs", which sets out the work done by the solicitor.

Usually, when a party loses a case, they will be ordered to pay the successful party's legal costs. This would be by an application for leave to appeal. For example, if a person has left it too late to appeal (they are over the time set by the law), it may be possible for that person to ask the Court for permission to appeal anyway. If an application or a notice of appeal has not been filed and served within the time specified by the Federal Court Rules, then the Court or a Judge, if satisfied there are special reasons for the delay, may at any time give leave to file and serve the application or the notice of appeal. The document that starts most proceedings in the Federal Court. Also used as a broad term for what the applicant is doing here: he or she is "making an application". Also known as 'plaintiff' in admiralty and corporations matters and in some other courts. The individual, organisation or corporation who/which applies to the Court to start legal proceedings against another person or persons. The power given to a court to hear appeals in certain matters. A Registrar decides what documents should be included at an appointment to settle the index to the appeal papers, attended by the solicitors for the parties.Ī person who appeals against a decision of a court.
#KEY WITNESS SYNONYM FULL#
For example, an appeal from a decision of a Federal Circuit and Family Court judge may be made to the Federal Court, and a decision of a single judge of the Federal Court may be the subject of an appeal to the Full Court of the Federal Court.Īll documents that the Court needs to consider which are relevant to an appeal. Affidavits are often "filed" in the registry.Īn application to a higher court to review a decision of a lower court or tribunal. To transfer a case before the Court to another date or time.Ī written statement of facts, confirmed by oath or affirmation, which can be used to support an application or can be tendered by a party to proceedings as evidence in Court.
