Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current ActsIn this part:
"court" includes a tribunal or arbitrator.
"provable" facts, in relation to a lawyer—a fact is provable in relation to a lawyer only if the lawyer believes on reasonable grounds that the material then available to the lawyer provides a proper basis for claiming the fact.
"reasonable prospects of success"—
(a) a claim has reasonable prospects of success if there are reasonable prospects of damages being recovered on the claim; and
(b) a defence has reasonable prospects of success if there are reasonable prospects of the defence defeating the claim or leading to a reduction in the damages recovered on the claim.