Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) Where 2 or more persons carry on business as partners in the Territory, a proceeding may be commenced by or against them in the name of the firm (if any) of which they were partners when the cause of action accrued.
(2) Subrule (1) applies where partners sue or are sued by:
(a) a partner of the same firm; or
(b) partners of another firm, and a partner of the one firm is a partner of the other.