Article Summary
Interrogatories in Queensland civil litigation are a court-supervised procedure that allows one party to require another party to answer written questions on oath about matters in dispute.
Governed by rr 228–238 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) (UCPR), interrogatories are used to clarify facts, obtain admissions, narrow the issues for trial, and test aspects of a party’s case.
Unlike disclosure, which focuses on documents, interrogatories compel sworn factual answers and may be tendered as evidence at trial.
In this article, our Queensland commercial litigation lawyers explain the legal framework governing interrogatories in Queensland, including when leave of the court is required, how interrogatories are drafted and answered, the limits on their use, and the grounds on which objections may be made.
