Re Hope

[1995] QCA 471

Queensland Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Admission of solicitors
3. › Power of exemption from admission rules
4. › Whether single Judge of Trial Division has jurisdiction to exercise exemption power under r.95
5. › Meaning of 'Court' in r.95
6. › Rules relating to the Admission of Solicitors to the Supreme Court of Queensland, r.17(1)(c), r.17(1)(d), r.67, r.95
7. › Supreme Court Act 1991 (Qld), s.55(2)
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Admission of solicitors
3. › Scope of exemption power
4. › Whether r.95 permits substitution of qualifications not contemplated by the Rules
5. › Whether exemption power exercisable only on application for admission
6. › Rules relating to the Admission of Solicitors to the Supreme Court of Queensland, r.95
1. Courts
2. › Supreme Court of Queensland
3. › Jurisdiction
4. › Distribution of jurisdiction between Court of Appeal and Trial Division
5. › Whether jurisdiction 'required to be exercised only by the Court of Appeal'
6. › Supreme Court Act 1991 (Qld), s.55(2)

Quick Take

The power of exemption under r.95 of the Solicitors' Admission Rules is exercisable only by the Court of Appeal, not by a single Judge of the Trial Division. Applications for exemption from the admission requirements should be made to the Court of Appeal, ordinarily at the point of admission. The scope of the exemption power may not extend to substituting entirely new qualifications not contemplated by the Rules.