Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Supreme Court Act 1986 - SECT 31

PART 4 INFERIOR COURTS

Power of inferior courts with equity jurisdiction

31. Power of inferior courts with equity jurisdiction

Every inferior court which has jurisdiction in equity or at law and in equity-

   (a)  has as regards all causes of action within its jurisdiction, power to
        grant in any proceedings before that court such relief, redress or
        remedy or combination of remedies, either absolute or conditional, as
        the Court has power to grant in the like case; and

   (b)  subject to section 32, in any proceedings before it may give effect to
        every ground of defence or counter-claim, equitable or legal, in as
        full and ample a manner as the Court might give in the like case.