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A magistrates' court is a lower court where, in several jurisdictions, all criminal proceedings start. Also some civil matters may be dealt with here, such as family proceedings.

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    WA Default judgement from magistrates court for debt

    Hello my question is I have received a default judgement of $26,797.62 with interest the claim has included a fraud judgement also cost of default judgement which is around $250. The unsecured creditor has told me their intentions to declare me bankrupt. So my question is should I wait for...
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    WA Can I Sue Someone for Legal Costs Incurred?

    An employee really wanted to make an unfair dismissal case against us. We are a small business and she had been employed for less than 12 months so she was unable. Despite the UD claim lodged out of time Fairwork kindly suggested she look into general protections as the small business code...
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    WA Outstanding Credit Card Debt from 2014 - What to Do?

    I became aware of an outstanding credit card debt from 2014 that I truly thought had been paid off. I had found myself in a difficult financial situation towards the end of 2014 with a few outstanding debts. I had a very good friend come to my rescue at the time and generously agreed to pay...
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    Next step in the process? - Self Rep

    Hi all. So, I have an employment claim against my previous employer in a Queensland Magistrates Court. I am the Plaintiff. I filed the claim, got no response. Filed for a default judgement. Got it. Defense filed to have the default judgement set aside and succeeded.... basically, between...
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    QLD Daily Law List in Magistrates Court - Finding the Previous Lists?

    Hey everyone. The magistrates court post a daily court list see link below. This list is automatically updated. Is there anywhere to look up previous lists? I'm chasing 08/05/19 of this link https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__external/CourtsLawList/BrisbaneArrestCourt.pdf and 29/04/19 of this...
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    QLD Orders to Make Payments on a Debt Not Being Complied?

    Hello, Background: I am the creditor in a very long debt battle where I am owed a significant amount of money from a deposit from work that was put down and the contractor then disappeared. I have been through qcat and got a judgement. This went unpaid and I filed it with the magistrates...
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    QLD QLD Search for upcoming Magistrates court date.

    Hey everyone, I am not a party to the case. Is there any way to search and confirm that there is a pending court case in the future. I understand the Magistrates court upload their daily list however I'm trying to confirm a court date a few weeks in the future. Is this possible without...
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    NSW Family Trust - How to Appeal to Supreme Court?

    Hi all, I have a family trust, with governing law of ACT, where it has two vehicles which are in NSW. The assignment of transfer was contested in NSW magistrates court. The court found it was not a legal document, as it did not have stamp duty on the document. as the magistrate stated: section...
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    Misuse of a carriage service qld HELP

    I need some help / advise- I am about to face a criminal charge I have being; misuse of a carriage service causing menace harassment and bullying.... The “victim” has since contacted me on several occasions and I have screen shots of the messages, telephone call logs and even one- being a...
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    QLD Drugs - What Sentence to Expect for First Time Offenders?

    My friends and I all got caught last night with weed on us, all of them are 17 and got drug diversion classes. However I wasn't so lucky. I am now being accused of: 2x Possession of dangerous drug (weed) 1x Possession of utensil (pipe) 1x Possession of thing (grinder) 1x Possession of property...