Court Affidavits Page

An affidavit is a sworn or affirmed account of events that an individual may be asked to provide if they're involved in a NSW District Court or a Supreme Court of NSW case as well as some Federal Matters.

A range of participants in a court case can be asked to write an Affidavit; a Plaintiff or Applicant, a Defendant or Respondent, a Witness, or an expert providing relevant knowledge in relation to a case

An Affidavit must be written in the first person, meaning from the authors point of view. For example, "I was concerned, that he closed the door behind me, before this, he'd always left it open".

If the Affidavit  contains a conversation, the exact words spoken should be used like this: I said "Mr. Smith your don't normally close the door?" But if the exact words can't be remembered, it can be a close account, such as: He said something to the effect, "Yes, but what I have to say is..."   Affidavits should be typed -double spaced with 12 point font, or clearly handwritten. Each paragraph should be numbered.

More detailed information regarding Affidavits including downloading the for can be obtained from the NSW Government website.  Look for UCPR_form_40_v6.pdf at Department of Justice and Community. You can easily fill in the details in this editable .pdf on line.

Also, the document should not include personal opinions, heresay evidence - something that someone else has told you happened - hypothetical statements, generalisations, offensive or derogatory statements, or your opinion on how the law should apply to the incident described.

Affidavits can also include attachments or additional pages called Annexures and should be marked in the top as Annexure "A", "B" and continued through the alphabet till all  annexures are recognised by their alphabetical order.
Return to the JP Home Page