More precision will be expected in the preparation of Status Sheets. Solicitors should appreciate that they can be bound by statements made in the Status Sheets. Adjournments of Status Conference will not be permitted on the ground that the plaintiff is seeking compensation in some other place such as the Compensation Court unless the proceedings in that other place are immediately pending. At Status Conferences, judges are frequently asked to provide early return dates for subpoenas. This should not be necessary.
Solicitors can obtain early return dates upon filing of a request for a subpoena.
This can be done before a Status Conference. Where a party is dissatisfied with an arbitrator's award and files an application for a re-hearing, a hearing date will be immediately allocated. Adjournments will not be granted to enable the parties to arrange medical examinations subsequent to the hearing before the Arbitrator. Solicitors who are not prepared to observe the rules should not expect sympathy from the judges who believe that clients are entitled to expect proper service from professionals. The Law Society of New South Wales is the professional association for the solicitors branch of the legal profession in the State of New South Wales, Australia.