Self Help Kit

Introduction

The purpose of this kit is to assist self represented parties who have matters before the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal Queensland. It provides information about what happens at the Tribunal.

The kit will be reviewed and further information provided from time to time. If you have any suggestions on how the kit could be improved, please write and tell the Tribunal Registry.

Refer to the Practice and Procedure page on this website for new information on:

• Contentions (formerly Points of Claim and Points of Defence
• Amended Practice Directions
• New Forms

The information in this kit is not legal advice. If you want legal advice, you can contact one of the organisations listed under the heading Where to go for help.

You can download the Self Help Kit for printing (325 KB), or use the contents page below to navigate through it.

Kit contents

1. The Anti-Discrimination Tribunal
• The Tribunal
• The Tribunal Registry
2. Steps following referral of a complaint to the Tribunal
3. Address for service
4. How to file and serve documents
• How to file documents
• How to serve documents
5. Directions made by the Tribunal
• What are Directions?
• What Directions will be made?
• Further/Other Directions if a complaint does not settle at the Conciliation Conference
• What if I cannot comply with the Directions made by the Tribunal?
6. Directions Hearings
• What are Directions Hearings?
• What do I need to do at the Directions Hearing?
• What will happen at the Directions Hearing?
7. Witness statements
• Information to assist you in preparing your witness statement
• Sample witness statement for Complainants (70 KB)
• Sample witness statement for Respondents (71 KB)
8. Conciliation Conferences at the Tribunal
• When do I participate in a Conciliation Conference at the Tribunal?
• What happens if I do not participate in the Conciliation Conference?
• What can I do to prepare for the Conciliation Conference?
• What will happen at the Conciliation Conference?
• What happens if we reach agreement at the Conciliation Conference?
• What happens if it doesn’t resolve at the Conciliation Conference?
9. Resolving a complaint before a Final Hearing
• Settlement
• Withdrawal
10. Applying for documents to be produced by a ‘non-party’ before a Tribunal Hearing
• What is a ‘non-party’?
• What you need to file in the Tribunal
• The Application and Draft Order Forms
• The Supporting Affidavit
• Filing and Serving the Application and Supporting Material
• Hearing the Application
• Relevant Case Law
11. The Final Hearing
• When will the Final Hearing be held?
• Can I represent myself at the Final Hearing?
• Can I have someone represent me at the Final Hearing?
• Do I have to pay any fees to have a Final Hearing?
• What should I do to prepare for the Final Hearing?
• What happens if a witness won’t come?
• Final Hearings are usually held in public
• What happens at the Final Hearing?
• What if I don’t attend the Final Hearing?
• Transcript of the proceedings
• Decisions
• Appeals from a decision
12. Orders the Tribunal can make after the Final Hearing
13. Costs
14. Where to go for help.
• Where to go for help - print friendly (21 KB)