Land and Environment Court Rules 2007

For the purposes of section 63 (3) (a) of the Act, the following information is required to be provided by an agent to the person for whom the agent wishes to appear—

that the person is under a duty to assist the Court to further the overriding purpose of facilitating the just, quick and cheap resolution of the real issues in the proceedings and, to that effect, to participate in the processes of the Court and to comply with directions and orders of the Court,

that the person is under a duty to take reasonable steps to resolve or narrow the issues in the proceedings,

that the agent must not, by the agent’s conduct, cause the person to be in breach of a duty referred to in paragraph (a) or (b),

that the Court may take into account any failure to comply with a duty referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) in exercising a discretion with respect to costs,

that the Court may make a costs order against the person in proceedings to which rule 3.7 applies if the Court considers it fair and reasonable in the circumstances and in any other proceedings if the person is unsuccessful,

the knowledge and experience of the agent with respect to the type of matter that is the subject of the proceedings,

whether the agent proposes to charge for the agent’s services and, if so, the agent’s proposed written costs agreement, a written estimate of the likely total of the agent’s charges and the likely disbursements to be incurred by the person.

whether the agent has provided the person with the information required by the rules, and

whether granting leave is in the best interest of the person.

Before the Court determines whether to grant leave for a person to appear before the Court by an agent, the agent must acknowledge to the Court in writing, unless the Court waives the writing requirement, that the agent has provided the information referred to in subrule (1) to that person.