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District Court of Queensland Act 1967
sec.75When a jury may be summoned
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### sec.75 When a jury may be summoned
Any party may require a jury to be summoned in any of the following cases—
in any action or matter in which the amount claimed exceeds the Magistrates Courts jurisdictional limit;
in any action for the recovery of possession of land of which the value exceeds the Magistrates Courts jurisdictional limit;
in proceedings in interpleader in which the amount claimed or the value of the goods in question exceeds the Magistrates Courts jurisdictional limit;
in an action or matter which before the commencement of the District Courts Act and Other Acts Amendment Act 1989 might have been commenced only in the Supreme Court unless the parties agreed to it being heard and determined in another jurisdiction;
unless the action or matter is one which if brought in the Supreme Court would be required to be heard and determined by a judge without a jury.
In this section—
Magistrates Courts jurisdictional limit means the amount applying under the Magistrates Courts Act 1921 , section 4 (a) , as the limit of the amount claimed in a personal action.
s 75 amd 1976 No. 19 s 11 ; 1982 No. 51 s 5 ; 1989 No. 40 s 7 ; 2010 No. 26 s 51
(sec.75-ssec.1) Any party may require a jury to be summoned in any of the following cases— in any action or matter in which the amount claimed exceeds the Magistrates Courts jurisdictional limit; in any action for the recovery of possession of land of which the value exceeds the Magistrates Courts jurisdictional limit; in proceedings in interpleader in which the amount claimed or the value of the goods in question exceeds the Magistrates Courts jurisdictional limit; in an action or matter which before the commencement of the District Courts Act and Other Acts Amendment Act 1989 might have been commenced only in the Supreme Court unless the parties agreed to it being heard and determined in another jurisdiction; unless the action or matter is one which if brought in the Supreme Court would be required to be heard and determined by a judge without a jury.
(sec.75-ssec.2) In this section— Magistrates Courts jurisdictional limit means the amount applying under the Magistrates Courts Act 1921 , section 4 (a) , as the limit of the amount claimed in a personal action.
- (a) in any action or matter in which the amount claimed exceeds the Magistrates Courts jurisdictional limit;
- (b) in any action for the recovery of possession of land of which the value exceeds the Magistrates Courts jurisdictional limit;
- (c) in proceedings in interpleader in which the amount claimed or the value of the goods in question exceeds the Magistrates Courts jurisdictional limit;
- (d) in an action or matter which before the commencement of the District Courts Act and Other Acts Amendment Act 1989 might have been commenced only in the Supreme Court unless the parties agreed to it being heard and determined in another jurisdiction;