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Supreme CourtHOME / Practice Notes  PRACTICE NOTES HAVE BEEN ISSUED by the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court from time to time since the adoption of the Rules of Court which came into force on January 1, 1977. Former Chief Justice Nicholson issued a revision of the Practice Notes on April 15, 1985, and there have been many changes and additional ones issued since then. The present Rules of Court were adopted and came into force on August 1,
1990, and many new Practice Notes have been issued since then. These
Practice Notes were intended to help solve problems of procedure and
interpretation of the Rules for the Bench and Bar.Over the years some confusion has arisen over the text of these Practice
Notes and the exact number which have been issued. In order to clarify
any misunderstanding, the following revision of all Practice Notes has
been approved and is expected to be followed. All old Practice Notes,
though in some cases almost identical to the present Notes, should be
discarded.Members of the Bar should review and become familiar with these Practice
Notes as it is expected they will be followed in all cases.Each of the Practice Notes is available as an Acrobat file, which requires the free Acrobat Reader to view. Keyword Search To search the full text of all Supreme Court Practice Notes, enter a word or phrase below and click on Search. For information on more complex searches, read out search tips. | |
