Consultation on draft Federal Court Central Practice Note and draft National Court Framework Practice Notes
Thank you for inviting the Law Council of Australia to provide comments on the Draft National Court Framework Practice Notes.
The Law Council commends your Honour and the Court for this initiative and the aims of the national framework reform project more generally, and it welcomes the proposed simplification of the Court’s practice notes.
The Law Council acknowledges contributions from the Law Society of South Australia, the Law Institute of Victoria and the following Section committees:
• the Taxation Committee of the Business Law Section;
• the Intellectual Property Committee of the Business Law Section;
• the Federal Court Liaison Committee of the Federal Litigation and Dispute Resolution Section (FLDRS);
• the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the FLDRS;
• the Administrative Law Committee of the FLDRS; and
• the Industrial Law Committee of the FLDRS.
For ease of reference, comments on the draft Central Practice Note and draft National Practice Area (NPA) Practice Notes are presented in Attachments A – F.