Court Procedures Rules
223Including parties—procedure
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223 Including parties—procedure (1) An application by a person to be included as a party to a proceeding must be supported by an affidavit showing the person’s interest in— (a) the issues in dispute in the proceeding; or (b) an issue in dispute to be decided between the person and a party (2) An application to include a person as a defendant must be served on all active parties to the proceeding and on the person. Note 1 Pt 6.2 (Applications in proceedings) applies to an application mentioned in this rule. Note 2 Active party is defined in the dictionary.