LOCAL COURT ACT 2007 - SECT 33 Certain jurisdiction excluded

LOCAL COURT ACT 2007 - SECT 33

33 Certain jurisdiction excluded

(cf LCA 1982, section 67)

(1) The Court does not have jurisdiction under this Part to hear or determine any of the following kinds of proceedings:

(a) proceedings in which the validity or effect of any devise, bequest or limitation under any will or settlement, or under any document in the nature of a settlement, is disputed,

(b) proceedings for passing-off, wrongful arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution or defamation,

(c) proceedings for infringement of letters patent or copyright,

(e) proceedings in which the title to land is in question (other than proceedings on a claim in respect of which the question of the title to land is merely incidental).

(2) The judgment of the Court in proceedings on a claim in respect of which the question of the title to land is merely incidental, as referred to in subsection (1) (e), is not admissible as evidence of the title to the land in any other legal proceedings.