Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

FEDERAL COURT RULES - ORDER 5 RULE 17

                Where in any proceeding:

                       (a)    a party (in this rule called the first party) stands to be held liable to another party (in this rule called the second party) to contribute towards any debt or damages which may be recovered against the second party in the proceeding; and

                      (b)    the first party, at any time after he has entered an appearance, makes an offer to the second party to contribute to a specific extent to the debt or damages;

then, if the first party makes the offer without prejudice to his defence, the offer shall not be brought to the attention of the Court until all questions of liability or amount of debt or damages have been decided.