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Version No. 027
Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure)
Rules 2005
S.R. No. 148/2005
Version incorporating amendments as at
1 January 2011
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
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ORDER 1—PRELIMINARY 1 
PART 1—CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND REVOCATION 1 
1.01  Title and object 1 
1.02  Authorising provisions 1 
1.03  Commencement and revocation 1 
PART 2—APPLICATION OF RULES 2 
1.04  Definitions 2 
1.05  Application 2 
1.06  Jurisdiction not affected 2 
1.12  Order to review 2 
PART 3—INTERPRETATION 3
1.13  Definitions 3 
PART 4—MISCELLANEOUS 6
1.14  Exercise of power 6 
1.14.1 Exercise of powers of Registrar by Associate Judge 7 
1.15  Procedure wanting or in doubt 7 
1.16  Act by corporation 8 
1.17  Corporation a party 8 
1.18  Power to act by solicitor 8 
1.19  Continuation of address for service 9 
ORDER 2—NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES 10
2.01  Effect of non-compliance 10 
2.02  Originating process 10 
2.03  Application to set aside for irregularity 10 
2.04  Dispensing with compliance 11

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ORDER 3—TIME, SITTINGS AND COURT OFFICE 12
3.01  Calculating time 12 
3.02  Extension and abridgement 12 
3.03  Fixing time 13 
3.04  Process in vacation 13 
3.05  Time for service 13 
3.06  Proceedings after a year 13 
3.07  Sittings and vacation 14 
3.08  Office 14 
3.09  Office hours 14 
ORDER 4—PROCESS IN THE COURT 15
PART 1—GENERAL 15 
4.01  How proceeding commenced 15 
4.02  Interlocutory application 15 
4.03  Names of parties 15 
4.04  When writ required 16 
4.05  When originating motion required 16 
4.06  Optional commencement by originating motion 16 
4.07  Continuance as writ of proceeding by originating motion 16 
4.08  Urgent case 17 
PART 2—CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS ON
COMMENCEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS 18
4.09  Overarching obligations certification 18 
4.10  Proper basis certification 18 
4.11  Pre-litigation requirements compliance certification 18 
ORDER 5—CONTENT, FILING AND DURATION OF
ORIGINATING PROCESS 19
5.01  Definitions 19 
5.02  Form of originating process 19 
5.03  Appearance 19 
5.04  Indorsement of claim on writ 20 
5.05  Indorsement of claim on motion 20 
5.06  Indorsement as to capacity 20 
5.07  Address of parties 20 
5.08  Place and mode of trial 21 
5.09  Stay on payment of costs 22 
5.10  Petition 22 
5.11  Filing of originating process 23 
5.12  Duration and renewal of originating process 24

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ORDER 6—SERVICE 25
6.01  When personal service necessary 25 
6.02  Personal service of originating process 25 
6.03  How personal service effected 25 
6.04  Service on particular defendants 26 
6.05  Motor car death or bodily injury 27 
6.06  Address for service 27 
6.06.1   Solicitor changing address 28 
6.07  How ordinary service effected 28 
6.08  Identity of person served 31 
6.09  Acceptance of service by solicitor 31 
6.10  Substituted service 31 
6.11  Confirmation of informal service 32 
6.12  Service by filing 32 
6.13  Service on agent 32 
6.14  Service under contract 33 
6.15  Recovery of vacant land 33 
6.16  Service of notice by the Court 34 
6.17  Affidavit of service 34 
ORDER 7—SERVICE OUT OF AUSTRALIA 35
PART 1—WHEN SERVICE OUT IS ALLOWED 35 
7.01  For what claims 35 
7.02  Indorsement on originating process 37 
7.03  Mode of service out of Australia 38 
7.04  Leave to proceed where no appearance 38 
7.05  Stay, setting aside service etc. 39 
7.06  Service of other process by leave 39 
7.07  Service of counterclaim or third party notice 40 
7.08  Application for leave 40 
PART 2—SERVICE IN FOREIGN COUNTRY 41
7.09  Application 41 
7.10  Documents required 41 
7.11  Translation 42 
7.12  Request and undertaking 43 
7.13  Procedure on lodgment and filing 43 
7.14  Evidence of service 43 
7.15  Order for payment of expenses 44 
ORDER 8—APPEARANCE 45
8.01  Application 45 
8.02  Appearance before taking step 45 
8.03  Who to file appearance 45 
8.04  Time for appearance 45 

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8.05  Mode of filing appearance 46 
8.06  Address for service of defendant 46 
8.07  Late appearance 47 
8.08  Conditional appearance 47 
8.09  Setting aside writ or originating motion 48 
ORDER 9—JOINDER OF CLAIMS AND PARTIES 49
9.01  Joinder of claims 49 
9.02  Permissive joinder of parties 49 
9.03  Joinder of necessary parties 49 
9.04  Joinder inconvenient 50 
9.05  Effect of misjoinder or non-joinder of party 50 
9.06  Addition, removal, substitution of party 51 
9.07  Procedure for addition of party 51 
9.08  Defendant dead at commencement of proceeding 52 
9.09  Change of party on death, bankruptcy 54 
9.10  Failure to proceed after death of party 55 
9.11  Amendment of proceedings after change of party 56 
9.12  Consolidation or trial together 57 
9.13  Conduct of proceeding 58 
ORDER 10—COUNTERCLAIM 59
10.01  Application of Order 59 
10.02 When counterclaim allowed 59
10.03 Counterclaim against plaintiff and another person 59
10.04 Procedure after counterclaim against another person 59
10.05 Trial of counterclaim 61
10.06 Counterclaim inconvenient 61
10.07 Stay of claim 61
10.08 Counterclaim on stay etc., of original proceeding 62
10.09 Judgment for balance 62
ORDER 11—THIRD PARTY PROCEDURE 63
11.01 Claim by third party notice 63
11.02 Statement of claim on third party notice 63
11.03 Time for appearance 63
11.04 Filing and service of third party notice 64
11.05 Time for third party notice 64
11.06 Leave to file third party notice 64
11.07 Other requirements for service 65
11.08 Appearance by third party 66
11.09 Defence of third party 66
11.10 Counterclaim by third party 67
11.11 Default by third party 67
11.12 Discovery and trial 68

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11.13 Third party directions 69
11.14 Judgment between defendant and third party 70
11.15 Claim against another party 70
11.16 Fourth and subsequent parties 71
11.17 Counterclaim 71
ORDER 12—INTERPLEADER 72
12.01 Definitions 72
12.02 Stakeholder's interpleader 72
12.03 Sheriff's interpleader 73
12.04 Sheriff's summons to state claim 73
12.05 Notice to execution creditor 74
12.06 Admission of claim 74
12.07 Interpleader summons 75
12.08 Powers of Court 76
12.09 Default by claimant 77
12.10 Neutrality of applicant 77
12.11 Order in several proceedings 78
12.12 Trial of interpleader question 78
ORDER 13—PLEADINGS 79
13.01 Formal requirements 79
13.02 Content of pleading 79
13.03 Document or conversation 80
13.04 Fact presumed true 80
13.05 Condition precedent 80
13.06 Implied contract or relation 80
13.07 Matter which must be pleaded 80
13.08 Subsequent fact 81
13.09 Inconsistent pleading 81
13.10 Particulars of pleading 82
13.11 Order for particulars 83
13.12 Admission and denials 83
13.13 Denial by joinder of issue 84
13.14 Money claim as defence 85
13.15 Counterclaim 85
ORDER 14—SERVICE OF PLEADINGS 86
14.01 Statement of claim indorsed on writ 86
14.02 Statement of claim not indorsed on writ 86
14.03 Alteration of claim as indorsed on writ 86
14.04 Service of defence 87
14.05 Reply 87
14.06 Pleading after reply 87
14.07 Defence to counterclaim 87

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14.08 Close of pleadings 88
14.09 Order as to pleadings 88
14.10 Filing of pleadings 88
ORDER 15—PERSON UNDER DISABILITY 89
15.01 Definitions 89
15.02 Litigation guardian of person under disability 89
15.03 Appointment of litigation guardian 89
15.04 No appearance by person under disability 91
15.05 Application to discharge or vary certain orders 91
15.06 Pleading admission by person under disability 91
15.07 Discovery 92
15.08 Compromise of claim by a person under disability 92
15.09 Execution against money in court 93
15.10 Counterclaim and claim by third party notice 94
ORDER 16—EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS AND
TRUSTEES 95
16.01 Representation of unascertained persons 95
16.02 Beneficiaries 96
16.03 Deceased person 97
ORDER 17—PARTNERS AND SOLE PROPRIETORS 98
17.01 Partners 98
17.02 Disclosure of partners 98
17.03 Service of originating process 99
17.04 Appearance by partners 99
17.05 No appearance except by partners 100
17.06 Appearance under objection of person sued as partner 100
17.07 Enforcement of judgment 101
17.08 Enforcement between partners 102
17.09 Attachment of debts 102
17.10 Person using the business name 102
17.11 Charge on partner's interest 103
ORDER 18—REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING 104
18.01 Application 104
18.02 Proceeding by or against representative 104
18.03 Order for representation by defendant 104
18.04 Effect of judgment 104

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ORDER 18A—GROUP PROCEEDING 106
18A.01 Application 106
18A.02 Consent to be group member 106
18A.03 Revoked 106
18A.04 Opting out 106
18A.05 Order involving notice 106
ORDER 19—NOTICE OF CONSTITUTIONAL MATTER 107
19.01 Definitions 107
19.02 Notice 107
19.03 Filing and service 107
ORDER 20—CHANGE OF SOLICITOR 109
20.01 Notice of change 109
20.02 Party appointing solicitor 109
20.03 Solicitor ceasing to act 109
20.04 Removal of solicitor from record 110
20.05 Address for service 111
20.06 Death, retirement etc., of Victorian Government
Solicitor etc. 112
ORDER 21—JUDGMENT IN DEFAULT OF APPEARANCE
OR PLEADING 113
21.01 Default of appearance 113
21.02 Default of defence 113
21.03 Judgment for recovery of debt, damages or property 114
21.04 Judgment other than for recovery of debt, damages or
property 115
21.05 Proceeding continued against other defendants 116
21.06 Default of defence to counterclaim 116
21.07 Setting aside judgment 116
ORDER 22—SUMMARY JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF 117
22.01 Scope of Order 117
22.02 Application for judgment 117
22.03 Affidavit in support 117
22.04 Defendant to show cause 118
22.05 Affidavit in reply 119
22.06 Hearing of application 119
22.07 Cross-examination on affidavit 120
22.08 Judgment on counterclaim 120
22.09 Assessment of damages 120
22.10 Judgment where debt amount unascertained 121

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22.11 Directions 121
22.12 Continuing for other claim or against other defendant 121
22.13 Judgment for delivery up of chattel 122
22.14 Relief against forfeiture 122
22.15 Setting aside judgment 122
ORDER 23—SUMMARY STAY OR DISMISSAL OF CLAIM
AND STRIKING OUT PLEADING 123
23.01 Stay or judgment in proceeding 123
23.02 Striking out pleading 123
23.03 Summary judgment for defendant 124
23.04 Affidavit evidence 124
23.05 Declaratory judgment 124
ORDER 24—JUDGMENT ON FAILURE TO PROSECUTE
OR OBEY ORDER FOR PARTICULARS OR DISCOVERY 125
24.01 Judgment on dismissal 125
24.02 Failure to obey order 125
24.03 Stay on non-payment of costs 126
24.04 Counterclaim and third party claim 126
24.05 Inherent jurisdiction 126
24.06 Setting aside judgment 126
ORDER 25—DISCONTINUANCE AND WITHDRAWAL 128
25.01 Withdrawal of appearance 128
25.02 Discontinuance or withdrawal of proceeding or claim 128
25.03 Proceeding not commenced by writ 129
25.04 Notice of discontinuance or withdrawal 129
25.05 Costs 129
25.06 Discontinuance or withdrawal no defence 130
25.07 Stay on non-payment of costs 130
ORDER 26—OFFER OF COMPROMISE AND OFFERS TO
COMPROMISE ON APPEAL 131
PART 1—INTERPRETATION 131 
26.01 Definitions 131
PART 2—OFFER OF COMPROMISE 131
26.02 Application 131
26.03 Time for making, accepting etc. offer 132
26.03.1 Time for payment 133
26.04 Effect of offer 133
26.05 Disclosure of offer to Court 133

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26.06 Party under disability 134
26.07 Failure to comply with accepted offer 134
26.08 Costs consequences of failure to accept 134
26.09 Multiple defendants 137
26.10 Offer to contribute 137
26.11 Transitional 138
PART 3—OFFER TO COMPROMISE ON APPEAL 138
26.12 Appeal to Court of Appeal 138
ORDER 27—CONTENT AND FORM OF COURT
DOCUMENTS 140
27.01 Conformity with Rules 140
27.02 Heading and title of document 140
27.03 Form of document 141
27.04 Numbers 144
27.05 Copies on request 144
27.06 Prothonotary refusing to seal or accept document 144
27.07 Scandalous matter 145
ORDER 28—FILING AND SEALING OF COURT
DOCUMENTS 146
PART 1—GENERAL 146 
28.01 How document filed 146
28.02 Proceedings commenced outside Melbourne 146
28.03 Date of filing 146
28.04 Seal of Court 147
28.05 Inspection of documents 148
28.06 Production of Court document 149
PART 2—ELECTRONIC FILING 149
28.07 Application of Part 149
28.08 Definitions 149
28.09 Authorised provider may make documents available 150
28.10 Prothonotary may accept a document for filing 150
28.11 Prothonotary may reject a document 151
28.12 Authorised user may make copies 151
28.13 Documents that may not be filed electronically 151
28.14 Evidence of filing 152
28.15 Production of original document 152
28.16 Retention of original documents 152
28.17 Authorised provider 153

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ORDER 29—DISCOVERY AND INSPECTION OF
DOCUMENTS 154
29.01 Application and definition 154
29.01.1 Scope of discovery 154
29.02 Notice for discovery 155
29.03 Discovery after notice 156
29.04 Affidavit of documents 156
29.05 Order limiting discovery 157
29.05.1 Order for general discovery 157
29.05.2 Order for expanded discovery 157
29.06 Co-defendants and third party 158
29.07 Order for discovery 158
29.08 Order for particular discovery 159
29.09 Inspection of documents referred to in affidavit of
documents 159
29.10 Inspection of documents referred to in pleadings and
affidavits 161
29.11 Order for discovery 162
29.12 Direction as to documents 162
29.12.1 Default notice 163
29.13 Inspection of document by Court 164
29.14 Default on discovery 164
29.15 Continuing obligation to make discovery 165
29.16 Discovery after directions 165
29.17 Transitional provision—Supreme Court (Chapter I
Amendment No. 18) Rules 2010 165
ORDER 30—INTERROGATORIES 166
30.01 Definitions 166
30.02 When interrogatories allowed 166
30.03 Statement as to who to answer 167
30.04 Filing interrogatories and time for answers 167
30.05 Source for answers to interrogatories 167
30.06 How interrogatories to be answered 169
30.07 Ground of objection to answer 169
30.08 Who to answer interrogatories 170
30.09 Failure to answer interrogatories 171
30.09.1 Default notice 171
30.10 Non-compliance with order 172
30.11 Answers as evidence 172
30.12 Interrogatories after directions 173

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