Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

FEDERAL COURT RULES - ORDER 6 RULE 2

                Two or more persons may be joined as applicants or respondents in any proceeding:

                       (a)    where:

                                        (i)    if a separate proceeding were brought by or against each of them, as the case may be, some common question of law or of fact would arise in all the proceedings; and

                                       (ii)    all rights to relief claimed in the proceeding (whether they are joint, several or alternative) are in respect of or arise out of the same transaction or series of transactions; or

                      (b)    where the Court gives leave so to do.