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Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999
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### sec.22 Claim
A claim must be in the approved form.
A plaintiff must—
state briefly in the claim the nature of the claim made or relief sought in the proceeding; and
attach a statement of claim to the claim; and
for a claim filed in the District Court or a Magistrates Court, show the court has jurisdiction to decide the claim.
The claim and attachment must be filed and then served on each defendant.
Subrule (3) does not require service on a defendant personally if the claim and attachment are served in accordance with the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 , the repealed WorkCover Queensland Act 1996 or the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 .
r 22 amd 2000 SL No. 127 s 5 ; 2007 SL No. 96 s 3
(sec.22-ssec.1) A claim must be in the approved form.
(sec.22-ssec.2) A plaintiff must— state briefly in the claim the nature of the claim made or relief sought in the proceeding; and attach a statement of claim to the claim; and for a claim filed in the District Court or a Magistrates Court, show the court has jurisdiction to decide the claim.
(sec.22-ssec.3) The claim and attachment must be filed and then served on each defendant.
(sec.22-ssec.4) Subrule (3) does not require service on a defendant personally if the claim and attachment are served in accordance with the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 , the repealed WorkCover Queensland Act 1996 or the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 .
- (a) state briefly in the claim the nature of the claim made or relief sought in the proceeding; and
- (b) attach a statement of claim to the claim; and
- (c) for a claim filed in the District Court or a Magistrates Court, show the court has jurisdiction to decide the claim.