Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00819:section:31a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00819
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 31A
Character Range: 220347–221418

31A  Summary judgment
 (1) The Court may give judgment for one party against another in relation to the whole or any part of a proceeding if:
 (a) the first party is prosecuting the proceeding or that part of the proceeding; and
 (b) the Court is satisfied that the other party has no reasonable prospect of successfully defending the proceeding or that part of the proceeding.
 (2) The Court may give judgment for one party against another in relation to the whole or any part of a proceeding if:
 (a) the first party is defending the proceeding or that part of the proceeding; and
 (b) the Court is satisfied that the other party has no reasonable prospect of successfully prosecuting the proceeding or that part of the proceeding.
 (3) For the purposes of this section, a defence or a proceeding or part of a proceeding need not be:
 (a) hopeless; or
 (b) bound to fail;
for it to have no reasonable prospect of success.
 (4) This section does not limit any powers that the Court has apart from this section.
 (5) This section does not apply to criminal proceedings.