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SUPREME COURT RULES 1987 - REG 5.07

Address of parties

    (1)     An originating process shall be endorsed with:

        (a)     the address of the plaintiff and, where the plaintiff sues in person and that address is outside the Territory, also an address within the Territory, or an email address, for service in accordance with rule 6.05;

        (b)     the address of all defendants; and

        (c)     where the plaintiff sues by a solicitor, the name or firm and the business address within the Territory of the solicitor and also, if the solicitor is the agent of another, the name or firm and the business address of the principal.

    (2)     Where a solicitor shown in an endorsement under subrule (1) is a firm or body corporate, the endorsement shall also show the member of the firm or body corporate having responsibility for the conduct of the matter.

    (3)     Where an originating process is endorsed with the name of a solicitor:

        (a)     the solicitor shall, on request in writing by a defendant, declare in writing whether the originating process was filed by the solicitor; and

        (b)     if the solicitor declares in writing that the originating process was not filed by him, the Court may stay the proceeding.



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