Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsIf--
(a) an originating process names as a defendant or respondent a person who is dead when the originating process issues; and
(b) the cause of action survives the person's death; and
(c) a grant of representation had been made when the originating process issues;
then, unless the court orders otherwise, the proceeding is taken to be against the person's personal representative in the personal representative's capacity as personal representative of the person's estate.