Practice notes

The Land and Environment Court has issued Practice Notes for many of the types of cases it deals with. The Practice Notes explain the practice and procedure and the process to be followed for different types of cases from their commencement, through to the preliminary stages and preparation, to their resolution. The Practice Notes are made under s 15 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (for civil cases in Classes 1, 2, 3 and 4) and s 76 of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (for criminal cases).

The current Practice Notes are as follows.

• Pre-Judgment Interest Rates (PDF, 55.0 KB) - commenced 1 July 2010
• Class 1 Residential Development Appeals  (PDF, 341.9 KB)- commenced 3 April 2018
• Class 1 Development Appeals  (PDF, 150.9 KB)- commenced 3 April 2018
• Classes 1, 2 and 3 Miscellaneous Appeals (PDF, 118.7 KB) - commenced 3 April 2018
• Class 2 - Tree Applications (PDF, 245.3 KB) - commenced 1 December 2018
• Class 3 Compensation Claims (PDF, 293.4 KB) - commenced 10 September 2024
• Class 3 Valuation Objections (PDF, 294.3 KB) - commenced 2 April 2024
• Class 3 Aboriginal Land Claims (PDF, 124.7 KB) - commenced 10 December 2012
• Class 4 Proceedings (PDF, 177.3 KB) - commenced 13 January 2014
• Class 5 Proceedings (PDF, 220.1 KB)  - commenced 10 December 2020
• Section 56A Ap​peals (PDF, 51.1 KB) - commenced 21 December 2015
• Strata Schemes Developme​nt proceedings (PDF, 115.5 KB) - commenced 30 November 2016​
• Subpoena Practices (PDF, 126.6 KB) - commenced 22 July 2020
• Urgent Applications (PDF, 45.4 KB) - commenced 11 May 2015
• Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (PDF, 114.7 KB) - commencing 3 February 2025

The Court has also a practice direction on the use of electronic documents and images in cases. (PDF, 8.4 KB)