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Senior Courts Act 2016

High Court - Jurisdiction of Associate Judges

21: Ancillary powers of Associate Judge

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"What an Associate Judge can and can't do in court"

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You are an Associate Judge in a court. You have the same power as a High Court Judge in a case that is before you. You can make orders and decisions like a High Court Judge. However, there are some things you cannot do, which are listed in section 22(4), you can read about it here. You have a lot of authority, but not all the authority that a High Court Judge has. This means you can make decisions, but only in certain cases and only about certain things.

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Jurisdiction of Associate Judges

21Ancillary powers of Associate Judge

  1. An Associate Judge has, in relation to a proceeding (including a proceeding on an interlocutory application) that is properly before the Associate Judge, the same jurisdiction and power to make an order or exercise an authority as a Judge of the High Court.

  2. Despite subsection (1), an Associate Judge does not have the jurisdiction or powers referred to in section 22(4).

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