Queensland Consolidated Acts

CIVIL PROCEEDINGS ACT 2011 - SECT 52

52 Ordinary protection and immunity allowed

(1) In performing the functions of an ADR convenor under a referring order, the ADR convenor has the same protection and immunity as a Supreme Court judge performing a judicial function.

(2) A party attending an ADR process has the same protection and immunity the party would have if the ADR process were a proceeding being heard before the court.

(3) A witness attending an ADR process has the same protection and immunity as a witness attending before the court.

(4) A document produced at, or used for, an ADR process has the same protection during the ADR process it would have if produced before the court.

(5) In subsection (2) —

"party" includes a party’s lawyer or agent.