Uniform Civil Procedure Rules change and form amendment
Fri Oct 15 2021On 5 October 2021, the Uniform Rules Committee approved Amendment No 98 to the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules and an amendment to form 80.
Amendment No 98 :
The amendment is to rule 4.2 – Documents to be filed to contain certain information. It requires both legal practitioners and litigants in person to provide a phone number on filed documents and confirms the need to include an email address.
It commenced 8 October 2021, see here.
UCPR Form 80 :
Form 80 is a notice of ceasing to act, it was amended to require a former legal representative to provide the last known email address and phone number of the former client.
Version 4 of the form is at http://www.ucprforms.justice.nsw.gov.au/.