Victorian Consolidated Regulations

SUPREME COURT (GENERAL CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2005 - SECT 4.03.

Names of parties

4.03. Names of parties



(1) Except as provided by this Rule, a person who commences a proceeding shall
be called a plaintiff and a person against whom a proceeding is commenced
shall be called a defendant.

(2) A person who commences a proceeding under Rule 32.03, 32.05, 37.02 or
75.06(3) shall be called an applicant and the person against whom the
proceeding is commenced shall be called a respondent.

(3) A person who commences a proceeding referred to in Rule 1.12 shall be
called an applicant and the person against whom the proceeding is commenced
shall be called a respondent.

(4) A person who appeals shall be called an appellant and any other party to
the appeal shall be called a respondent.





(5) Where any appellant or respondent on an appeal is a party to a proceeding,
the appellant or respondent shall be so identified in any document in the
appeal by the expression "(Plaintiff)", "(Defendant)", "(Applicant)" or other
description of party after the word "Appellant" or "Respondent" in the title
of the document.