LLB101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Judiciary Of Australia, Consumer Protection, Judiciary Act 1903
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Federal (commonwealth) laws set up federal courts, and give them jurisdiction over matters such as: Most serious and costly cases are handled by the highest level of the courts in the first instance, that is, when they go to trial. These courts are referred to as the superior courts". Queensland example : supreme court of queensland. Minor criminal offences or civil proceedings where less money is involved are heard by the inferior courts". In most jurisdictions, in between those two levels of courts there are the intermediate courts". Original jurisdiction of courts in queensland - civil matters. Magistrates courts are situated in centres all around queensland. Charleville to cairns, maryborough to mt isa. Chief magistrate judge ray rinaudo (status - judge of the district court) Courts in cities and large provincial towns. Supreme court of queensland act 1991 (qld) Civil jurisdiction not limited as to amount. Complete equitable jurisdiction i. e. can award the full range of equitable remedies.
