Small Claims Tribunals Act 1984 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Establishment and Jurisdiction of Tribunals
6. Exclusion of other jurisdictions
Feedback & supportWhere a claim has been lodged with a tribunal, no proceedings relating to that claim may be brought before any other court except —
where the proceedings before that court were commenced before the claim was lodged with the tribunal; or
where the claim before the tribunal has been withdrawn or abandoned.
No claim may be brought before a tribunal if proceedings relating to that claim are pending in or have been heard and determined by any other court.
tribunal
“tribunal” means a Small Claims Tribunal constituted under section 4 of the State Courts Act 1970;
For the purposes of this section, a claim is deemed to have been lodged with a tribunal when section 15 has been complied with.