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Declaratory Judgments

Project status: Discontinued Start date 27 July 2016 Last updated 06 April 2021

The declaratory judgment is an important judicial remedy.  It provides an efficient and effective means by which parties can clarify and establish their legal rights and obligations, without the need for further remedies. There is, however,...

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