MAGISTRATES COURT (CIVIL PROCEEDINGS) ACT 2004 - SECT 27

MAGISTRATES COURT (CIVIL PROCEEDINGS) ACT 2004 - SECT 27

27 .         Object of minor cases procedure

        (1)         The primary object of the Court when dealing with a minor case is to attempt to bring the parties to a settlement acceptable to all the parties.

        (2)         The Court may, at any stage of the proceedings, do all things and take all such steps as it considers to be appropriate to achieve that primary object.

        (3)         Anything said or done by a party for the purpose of attempting to settle a minor case is to be taken to be said or done without prejudice to any evidence or submission that the party —

            (a)         has adduced or made; or

            (b)         may subsequently adduce or make,

                in or in respect of the proceedings, and the saying or doing of that thing does not disqualify the person or persons constituting the Court from sitting or continuing to deal with the case.

        (4)         If the Court is unable to bring the parties to a settlement acceptable to all the parties, the Court must deal with the minor case.