Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (General Federal Law) Rules 2025
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Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (General Federal Law) Rules 2025
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Division 9.1—Parties, interveners and causes of action
9.01 Multiple causes of action
9.02 Joinder in proceedings involving common questions etc
9.03 Joinder of applicants with joint entitlement
9.04 Joinder of persons with common liability
9.05 Joinder of parties by Court order
9.06 Application for separate trials—inconvenient joinder of causes of action or parties
9.07 Errors in joinder of parties
9.08 Removal of parties by Court order
9.09 Death, bankruptcy or transmission of interest
9.10 No joinder or substitution after death of party
9.11 Substitution of party
9.12 Interveners
Division 9.2—Partnerships
9.13 Proceeding by or against partners in partnership name
9.14 Disclosure of partners’ names
9.15 Proceeding between members of partnerships
9.16 Denial by person served as partner
9.17 Response to be in partnership name
9.18 Entry of order
Division 9.3—Business name proceedings
9.19 Proceeding against a person who carries on a business under a business name
9.20 Proceeding against a business name
9.21 Proceeding under this Division or Division 9.2
9.22 Amendment of parties
9.23 Variation of order
9.24 Order for discovery—proceeding brought against a person in the person’s business name
Division 9.4—Litigation guardians
9.25 Person who needs a litigation guardian
9.26 Proceeding by or against person who needs a litigation guardian
9.27 Persons who may be a litigation guardian
9.28 Appointment of litigation guardian by the Court
9.29 Manager of the affairs of a party
9.30 Consent to be filed
9.31 Removal of litigation guardian by the Court
9.32 Conduct of proceeding
9.33 No deemed admissions
9.34 Discovery and interrogatories
9.35 Payment into Court
9.36 Compromise or settlement of matter in proceeding
9.37 Application by litigation guardian for approval of agreement
9.38 Costs and expenses of litigation guardian