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On 25 November 2022, the District Court Amendment Act 2022 No72 was assented to. Changes were made (effecting sections 4 and 44 of the District Court Act 1973 (NSW)) which amongst other things, increased the monetary limit from $750,000 (for matters that would normally fall under the Common Law Division of the Supreme Court of NSW) to $1,250,000. Lawyers need to be aware of this amendment, as starting a claim in the Supreme Court's Common Law Division could have costly repe

A common problem has always been that when someone pays something for someone else, does the money have to be repaid. The simple answer...